Definition of Mort

1. n. A great quantity or number.

2. n. A woman; a female.

3. n. A salmon in its third year.

4. n. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.

5. n. A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.

Definition of Mort

1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the male given names Mortimer and Morton. ¹

2. Noun. A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer. ¹

3. Noun. A great quantity or number. ¹

4. Noun. (internet informal) A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mort

1. a note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the killing of an animal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mort

1. A woman; a female. "Male gypsies all, not a mort among them." (B. Jonson) Origin: Etym. Uncert. 1. Death; especially, the death of game in the chase. 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. "The sportsman then sounded a treble mort." (Sir W. Scott) 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. Origin: F, death, fr. L. Mors, mortis. A salmon in its third year. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mort

morse
morse alphabet
morsel
morseled
morseling
morselled
morselling
morsels
morses
morsicatio
morsicatio buccarum
morsitation
morsulus
morsure
morsures
mort (current term)
mortadella
mortadellas
mortage
mortal
mortal(a)
mortal coil
mortal combat
mortal enemy
mortal sin
mortal sins
mortalitie
mortalities
mortality
mortality rate

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