3. The day following the present; to- morrow.

Good morrow, good morning; -- a form of salutation. -- To morrow. See

To- morrow in the Vocabulary.

Morse (?), n. [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf.

Russ. more sea.] (Zoöl.) The walrus. See Walrus.

Morse, n. [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.] A clasp

for fastening garments in front. Fairholt.

Morse" al"pha*bet (?). A telegraphic alphabet in very general use,

inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The

letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on

paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), --

(T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less

intervals between them.

Mor"sel (?), n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L.

morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See

Smart, and cf. Morceau, Mordant, Muse, v., Muzzle, n.] 1. A little bite

or bit of food. Chaucer.

Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired

digestion.

South.

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