mourning dove (morningduv)

The common American or Carolina turtle-dove, Zenai dura carol in ens is: so called from its plaintive cooing. See cut under dove. mourning-livery (mor'ning-liv"ėr-i), n. Livery worn by men-servants in commemoration of the death of a member of a master's family. mourningly (mōr'ning-li), adv. In the manner of one who mourns. The king very lately spoke of him admiringly and mourningly . Shak., All's Well, i. 1. 34. Spenser, F. Q., I. 1. 54. mourning-piece (mor'ning-pēs), n. A picture No funeral rite, nor man in mourning weeds, Nor mournful bell shall ring her burial. Shak., Tit. And., v. 3. 197. 3. Causing sorrow; deplorable; doleful: as, a mournful death. =Syn. Lugubrious, doleful, afflictive, grievous, lamentable, deplorable, woful, melancholy. mournfully (morn'fül-i), adv. In a mournful manner; sorrowfully; as one who mourns. What profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mourafully before the Lord of hosts? Mal. iii. 14. Beat thou the drum, that it speak mournfully . Shak ., Cor., v. 6. 151. mournfulne (mõrn'fül-nes), n. 1. The condition of being mournful; sorrow; grief; the state of mourning; the quality of sadne .2. An appearance or expre ion of grief. mournful-widow (morn ful-wid'ō), n. Same as mourning - bride.