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Definition of Morkin
1. n. A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.
Definition of Morkin
1. Noun. (obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morkin
1. an animal that dies by accident [n -S]
Medical Definition of Morkin
1. A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. Origin: Akin to Sw. Murken putrefied, Icel. Morkinn putrid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morkin
Literary usage of Morkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Roman Missal by Catholic Church (1867)
"... morkin<r, said one to another: He saved others, himself he cannot save.
Let Christ the King of Israel come down now from the cross, that we inny see and ..."
2. The Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory: Containing Concise by Henry McEvoy (1869)
"... glass stainer, h King morkin, Edward, hotel keeper, Wellington cor Duke morkin,
John, blacksmith, Richmond morkin, Thomas, grocer, Mark Lane Morphy, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"AB a в., a dead sheep,—one that has died afield : also, the skin of such an one ;
but when used in this венке the term is generally pi, morkin» ..."
4. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"morkin-skinna(R.oy. Libr. Copenhagen, No. 1009), middle of thirteenth century.
From morkin-skinna comes Ivar ..."
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