mort (redirected from morts)

mort ¹  (môrt)

n.

The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.

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[Middle English, death, from Old French, from Latin mors, mort-; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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mort ²  (môrt)

n.

A great number or quantity.

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[Perhaps from mortal.]

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Mort a great quantity.

Examples: mort of luck, 1821; of merrymaking, 1775; of money, 1887; of prisoners, 1694; of talk, 1850; of wit, 1708.