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MORSE
Morse, Morse code, international Morse code
(noun) a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse
(noun) United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
MORS
Mors
(noun) (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
morse (plural morses)
A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
morse (plural morses)
(now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
Anagrams
• Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer
Proper noun
Morse
A surname, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
A village in Louisiana.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A census-designated place in Texas.
A town in Wisconsin.
Noun
Morse (uncountable)
Clipping of Morse code.
Verb
Morse (third-person singular simple present Morses, present participle Morsing, simple past and past participle Morsed)
(transitive) To transmit by Morse code.
Anagrams
• Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer
Source: Wiktionary
Morse, n. Etym: [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The walrus. See Walrus.
Morse, n. Etym: [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.]
Definition: A clasp for fastening garments in front. Fairholt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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