Morio (morio)

[NL., 3860 Morion of Spanish make, with comb; 16th century. Mormon profe ed by one of the religious denominations of Scotland, the Evangelical Union (which see, under evangelical ). [The terms Mor is on i an and Mori sonianism, derived from the name of James Morison, one of the originators of the body, are now very little used.] morkint (môr'kin), n. [For * mortkin, IMG:content-0955.jpg:[graphic] and without beaver or vizor, introduced into of an abortive birth. England from France or Spain about the be- ginning of the sixteenth century. Swords, Morrions , Pouldrons, Vaunt-brace, Pikes, & Lances Are no defence, but rather hinderances. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. I have provided me a morion , for fear of a clap on a coxcomb. Ford, Lover's Melancholy, iv. 2. Their beef they often in their murrions stew'd. W. King , Art of Cookery. Cockscomb morion. See cockscomb . - Spanish morion, a form of morion which has a broad brim like a hat, as con- trasted with the combed morion. morion2 (mo'ri-on), n. [Appar. short for L. mormorion , a kind of dark-brown rock-crystal.] A variety of smoky quartz having a very dark- brown or nearly black color. It is probably the same as the mormorion of Pliny, although some writers refer this to black tour mal in. Morionidæ (mō-ri-on'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Mo- rio (n-) + -idæ .] A family of caraboid Coleop- tera , named from the genus Morio . They have the middle coxæ separate, and the fore legs more or le en- discriminated by the peculiarities of the elytral strise. larged at the tip. There are about 12 genera, mainly Though the species are not numerous, they are distrib: uted throughout most of the warm portions of the globe. morioplasty (mo'ri-o-plas-ti), n. [ μόριον , dim. of μόρος , & part, + πλαστός , verbal adj. of πλάσσειν, form.] In surg ., the repair of lost or injured parts; autoplasty; plastic surgery. Morisco (mō-ris'kō), a. and n. also Morisko (and Morisk ); morisco : see Moorish2 , Moresque, morris1.] I. a. Same as Moresque . [Formerly They trim it with paint after the morisco manner. Sir T. Herbert , Travels in Africa, p. 129. A piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen. H. Swinburne , Travels through Spain, xxx i. II. n. 1. In Span . hist ., a person of the Moorish race; a Moor. The name was applied to the Moors after their conquest by the Spaniards; they were expelled from Spain in 1609. These two circumstances leave no reasonable doubt that the writer of the poem was one of the many Moriscos who had forgotten their native language and adopted that of their conquerors. Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 86. The 2t. The language of the Moors of Spain. He, leaping in front of all, set hand to his falchion, and said, in morisco , let none of you that are here stir.. Moors, hearing their master say so, were marvellously amazed. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, iv. 14. ( Latham .) 3+. The Moorish dance known also as morris- dance .-41. A dancer of the morris-dance. I have seen Him caper upright like a wild Morisco , Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 365. IMG:content-0956.jpg:[blocks in formation] The Morisco or Moor dance is exceedingly different from the morris-dance, being performed by the castanets, or rattles, at the end of the fingers, and not with bells attached to various parts of the dre . Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 309. 6t. The style of architecture or ornamentation commonly called Moorish. tles, containing such as M. monilicornis of the southern United States. The genus pertains to the scaritid section of Carabidæ, and is sometimes made type of a family Morion ide. It is of wide distribution, but has only about 25 species. These are mainly South American, but some are found in Africa, the East Indies, and Australia, and 2 in Europe. One occurs in the United States. Latreille, 1810. 2. A genus of mollusks. Montfort, 1810.