morse

plural morses

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.First known use 15th c.

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

   1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC

plural morses

1. obsoleteSynonym of walrus.First known use 15th c.

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

   1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66

   1 more example

   Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

   1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881

   Synonyms: walrus

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

1. abbreviationclippinguncountableClipping of Morse code.

   We sent a message in Morse.

present singular third person Morses · participle present Morsing · participle past Morsed · past Morsed

1. transitiveTo transmit by Morse code.

   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 […]

   2014, W. B. Bartlett, The Night of the Dam Busters