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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORT, n. A tune sounded at the death of game.
1. A salmon in his third year.

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English mot horn note, from Anglo-French, word, horn note — more at mot Date: circa 1500 1. a note sounded on a hunting horn when a deer is killed 2. killing 1 II. noun Etymology: perhaps back-formation from ¹mortal Date: 1694 a great quantity or number

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Hunting a note sounded when the quarry is killed. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L mors mortis death

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mort Mort, n. [Cf. Icel. margt, neut. of margr many.] A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.] There was a mort of merrymaking. --Dickens.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mort Mort, n. [Etym. uncert.] A woman; a female. [Cant] Male gypsies all, not a mort among them. --B. Jonson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mort Mort, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A salmon in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mort Mort, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., 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. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle. Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mort Mort, n. [F. mort dummy, lit., dead.] A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A woman or wench; also a yeoman's daughter. To be taken all-a mort; to be confounded, surprised, or motionless through fear.