Lexic.us

Definition of Morse

1. Noun. A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals).

2. Noun. United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872).

Definition of Morse

1. n. The walrus. See Walrus.

2. n. A clasp for fastening garments in front.

Definition of Morse

1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names dot=), variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice. ¹

2. Noun. A Walrus. ¹

3. Noun. A clasp used to fasten a cape in the front, usually decorative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morse

1. designating a code used in telegraphy [adj]

Medical Definition of Morse

1. The walrus. See Walrus. Origin: F. Morse, Russ. Morj'; perh. Akin to E. Mere lake; cf. Russ. More sea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morse

morris dancers morris dancing morrised morrises morrising morro morros morrot morrots morrow

morrows morrowtide mors mors thymica morsal morse morse alphabet morsel morseled morseling

morselled morselling morsels morses morsicatio morsicatio buccarum morsitation morsulus morsure morsures

Literary usage of Morse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"Morse took part in the skirmishes at Plancoet on the 8th and ... In 1701 Morse served in the expedition against Belleisle, off the coast of Brittany, ..."

2. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"Morse offered his telegraph to the US government for $100000. but, ... The patent then passed into private hands, and the Morse system became the property ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Morse, Sidney. Boy on the farm and life as he sees It. Craftsman. ... Morse, William Northrop. Daffodils in a winter room; poem. Outlook. 91: 434. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1880)
"The Memorial of Samuel FB Morse, Alfred Vail, and Amos Kendall, ... B. 50965 Morse. A Geographical, Statistical and Ethical View of the American ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"While this debate over the merits of the penny newspaper as a spreader of news and information was under way, Samuel FB Morse was about to give a public ..."

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