Morris

Morrice , mor′is, Morr′is-dance , n. a Moorish dance: a dance in which bells, rattles, tambours, . are introduced.— v.i. Morr′is , to perform by dancing.— ns. Morr′is-danc′er ; Morr′is-pike ( Shak. ), a Moorish pike.— Nine men's morris , an old English game in which a figure of squares, one within another, was marked out on aboard or on the turf, and eighteen pieces or stones, nine for each side, were moved alternately as at draughts—also Nine men's merils . [Sp. morisco , Moorish—Sp. moro , a Moor.]