mortally (mortal i)

[ tal. Yet I was mortally brought forth, and am No other than I appear. Shak . , Pericles, v. 1. 105. 2. In such a manner that death must ensue; fatally: as, mortally wounded.-3. Extremely; intensely; grievously. [Now chiefly colloq.] He wol yow haten mortally , certeyn. Chaucer, Manciple's Tale, 1. 211. A little after, but still with swollen eyes and looking mortally sheepish, Jean-Marie reappeared and went ostentatiously about his busine . R. L. Stevens on, Treasure of Franc hard. mortal ne (môr'tal-nes), n. The state of being mortal; mortality. In the one place the mortalne e , in the other the misery of their wounds, wasted them all. Sir H. Savile , tr. of Tacitus, p. 46. mortar1 (môr'tär), n . [Formerly more prop. mor ter , the spelling mortar being in mod. imitation of the L.; morter , mortere = MLG. mortër, morter, LG. morter = 3865 Mortars in the Federal Mortar-battery before York town, Virginia. OHG. mortar i, morter, MHG. mortere, morter, mortel, G. mörtel, morsāri, MHG. morsære, morser, G. mörser, OHG. also morsal i, MHG. morsel, G. mörsel = Sw. mor tel = Dan. morter, a mortar (def. 1) = OF. mor tier, a mortar, a kind of lamp, F. mortier (> D. mortier ) = Pr. mortier = Sp. mortero = morteiro = It. mortajo, a mortar (defs. 1 and 2), Pg: akin to marcus, dim. marculus, martulus, a hammer, Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishne depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22. 2. In a stamp-mill, the cast-iron box into which the stamp-heads fall, at the bottom of which is the die on which they would strike if it were not for the interposed ore with which the mortar is kept partly filled, and on whose side is the grating or screen through which the ore escapes as soon as it has been broken to sufficient finene to pa through the holes in the screen.3t. A kind of lamp or candlestick with a broad saucer or bowl to catch the grease and keep the light safe; hence, the candle itself: in modern times, chiefly in ecclesiastical use, in the French form mortier. For by this morter , which that I se brenne, Know I ful wel that day is not ferre henne. lon and Nineveh. Plaster (calcined sulphate of lime) was the cement employed on the Great Pyramid, and apparently by the Egyptians generally, but not to the entire exclusion of what is now ordinarily called mortar. The substances mentioned are frequently designated as mortar in non-technical works. What is now generally understood by this term among builders and architects is a mixture of lime with water and sand, in various proportions, according to the "fatne " of the lime and the desire to economize the more costly material. This kind of mortar was well known to both Greeks and Romans. Mortar made of ordinary lime "sets" (hardens) in the air (not under water) and slowly, since the absorption of carbonic acid and the consequent conversion of the hydrate of lime into the carbonate is by no means a rapid proce . The hardening of the mortar depends in large part on the crystallization of the carbonate of lime around the grains of sand, by which these are made to cohere firmly; hence, a clean sand of which the grains are angular is of importance in forming a durable mortar. The kind of mortar which sets under water is sometimes called hydraulic mortar, but is more generally known as hydraulic cement, or simply cement. See cement and cement -stone. A morter fast is made aboute the tree. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 108. So brycke was their stone and sly me was theyr morter . Bible of 1551, Gen. xi. 3. mortar (môr'tär), v. t. [ mortar2 , n.] Το fasten or inclose with mortar. Electricity cannot be made fast, mortared up, and ended like London Monument. Emerson, Eng. Traits, xiii. mortar-battery (môr'tär-bat"ėr-i), n. See bat- tery. mortar-bed (môr'tär-bed), п. The frame of wood and iron on which the piece of ordnance called a mortar rests. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1245. mortar-board (môr'tär-bord), n. 1. A board, Mony morteres of wax merkked with-oute With mony a borlych best al of brende golde. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1487. A mortar was a wide bowl of iron or metal; it rested upon a stand or branch, and was filled either with fine oil or wax, which was kept burning by means of a broad wick [at funerals or on tombs]. Dugdale, Hist. St. Paul's (ed. Ellis), p. 27. 4+. A cap shaped like a mortar. Compare mor tar- board . So that methinkes I could flye to Rome (at least hop to Rome, as the olde Prouerb is) with a morter on my head. Ded. Epistle to Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder (1600). He did measure the stars with a false yard, and may now travel to Rome with a mortar on 's head, to see if he can recover his money that way. Fletcher (and another ), Fair Maid of the Inn, v. 2. 5. A piece of ordnance, short in proportion to the size of its bore, used in throwing bombshells in what is called vertical fire. The shells are thrown at a high angle of elevation, so as to drop from above into the enemy's intrenchment. See cut in next column. Cannons full five they brought to the town, With a lusty, large, great mortar . Undaunted London derry (Child's Ballads, VII. 250). Life-saving mortar. See life -saving. mortarl (môr'tär), v. t. [ Such another craftie mortring druggeir or Italian porredge seasoner. Nash , Haue with you to Saffron-Walden. generally square, used by masons to hold mortar for plastering. Hence-2. A square crowned academic cap. [Colloq.]