amorrha

[Po ibly from Sp. amorrar =to bow the head.] An American plant with purple flowers. "Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorrhas, ver them wander the buffalo herds, the elk, and the roebuck. Long fellow: Evangeline, pt. ii., 4. a-mort', adv [From Fr. à la mort after the manner of the dead. In Sp. amortiguado ; Ital. ammortilo .] As if dead, dejected, spiritle , depre ed. "How fares my Kate? what, sweeting, all amort 1" Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3.