Mourners were provided to attend the funeral.
L'Estrange.
Mourn"ful (?), a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express,
sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening;
grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. --
Mourn"ful*ly, adv. -- Mourn"ful*ness, n.
Syn. -- Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive;
grievous; calamitous.
Mourn"ing, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing
grief; lamentation; sorrow.
2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a
badge of somber black.
The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the
pavements were with mourning hid.
Dryden.
Deep mourning. See under Deep.
Mourn"ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to
the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a
mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.
Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with
dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove
(Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United
States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove.
See Illust. under Dove. -- Mourning warbler (Zoöl.), an American ground
warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and
chest, deep ash- gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other
lower parts are pure yellow.
Mourn"ing*ly, adv. In a mourning manner.
Mour"ni*val (?), n. See Murnival.
Mouse (mous), n.; pl. Mice (ms). [OE. mous, mus, AS. ms, pl. ms; akin
to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. ms, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe,
L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. msh mouse, mush to steal. √277. Cf.
Muscle, Musk.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family
Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all
countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys
leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under
Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.
2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d Mousing, 2.