mort.
Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
Meaning & usage
Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.
The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
A variety of dummy whist for three players.
The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mort, from Old French mort (“death”).
A great quantity or number.
Where this word comes from
Compare Icelandic margt, neuter of margr (“many”).
A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of mortal.
A three-year-old salmon.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain.
A woman; a female.
Where this word comes from
UK circa 1560–1890. Unknown. Documented possibilities include: * From mort (“A three-year-old salmon”), by equation of women with fish. * From Welsh modryb (“aunt”) * From Welsh morwyn (“maid, virgin”) * From French amourette (“a crush”) * From, or cognate with, Dutch mot (“pig, lewd woman”), from Middle Low German mutte. * From French motte (“mound, esp. mons veneris”) * From Romani mintš (“female genitals”). Cognate with English minge.
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