morrice

plural morrices

1. A morris dance.

   Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.

   1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

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   The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.

   1634, John Milton, Comus

present singular third person morrices · participle present morricing · participle past morriced · past morriced

1. To dance, especially a morris dance
2. To move away rapidly; to decamp.

   Zounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance!

   1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

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   Up with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!

   1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC