Morse

Definitions

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
2. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
3. A walrus.
   dated
4. Clipping of Morse code.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
5. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.
6. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165.
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
9. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa.
10. A village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
11. Two townships in Minnesota.
12. A census-designated place in Hansford County, Texas.
13. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
14. An unincorporated community in the town of Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin.

Equivalents

Examples

“We sent a message in Morse.”

“The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work⟳.”

“The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]”

“Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.”

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