mourning1 (morning)

and a. [ intended as a memorial of the dead. It represents a tomb or an urn inscribed with the name of the deceased, with weeping-willows, mourners, and other funereal acce ories. They go to sea, you know, and fall out o' the rigg in', or get swamped in a gale, or killed by whales, and there ain't a house on the island, I expect, but what's got a mourning - piece hang in' up in the front room. M. C. Lee, A Quaker Girl of Nantucket, p. 48. mourning-ring (mor'ning-ring), n. Aring worn as a memorial of a deceased person. Such rings were commonly inscribed with the name and the dates of birth and death of the person commemorated. The custom of wearing them is almost obsolete.