mort
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mort 1
(môrt)n.
The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.
mort 2
(môrt)n.
A great number or quantity.
[Perhaps from mortal.]
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mort
(mɔːt)n
(Hunting) a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted
[C16: via Old French from Latin mors death]
mort
(mɔːt)n
a great deal; a great many
[possibly a shortened form of mortal used as an intensifier]
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mort
(mɔrt)n.
1. a note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
2. Obs. death.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin mort- (s. of mors) death]
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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.
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