morsel i zati on (mor"slizashon)

[ The unsatisfactory condition of the foremost nations of Europe resulted from the infinite morsel i zati on (morcellement infini) of interests. A. G. Warner, tr. of Le Play, in Pop. Sci. Mo., XXIX. 793. morsing-horn (môr's ing-hôrn), n. [ Buff-coats, all frounced and broider'd o'er, And morsing - horns and scarfs they wore. Scott , L. of L. M., iv. 18. morsitationt (môr-si-tā'shon), n. [ morsitatio (n-), mors it are , freq. of mordere, pp. mors us , bite: see mordant , morse2.] The act of gnawing; morsure. Worcester. morsure (môr'sūr), n. [= F. morsure = It. morsura, mordere , pp. mors us, bite: see morse2 .] The act of biting. .. It is the opinion of choice virtuosi that the brain is only a crowd of little animals, and. that all invention is formed by the morsure of two or more of these animals upon certain capillary nerves. Swift , Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, § 2. mors us (môr's us), n. [L., a biting, bite: see morse2.] In an at ., a bite, biting, or morsure. -Morsus diaboli, or mors us diabolic us, the devil's bite; the diabolical biting: a fanciful name for the fimbriated or infundibuliform orifice of the Fallopian tube or oviduct.