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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mors(e, n. [Cf. Mors(e v. and F. amorce.] The priming of a gun. — 1685 Lauder Observes 181.
But the morse being wet with the river water, it [a pistol] would not goe of

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