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Morse

//ˈmɔː(ɹ)s// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
  2. 2
    A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.
  3. 3
    A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; Two townships in Minnesota.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Hansford County, Texas.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Morse code. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable

    "We sent a message in Morse."

  2. 2
    A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.

    "The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work."

  3. 3
    A walrus. dated

    "The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]"

  4. 4
    a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To transmit by Morse code. transitive

    "It was Gibson who was right. Code 78A was Morsed back to Grantham – 'bomb despatched and hit wall but no breach observed'. No doubt the wording of Operation Chastise's operation order now started to hit home […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later), and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.

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