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Webster 1913 Edition


Mora

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Mor′a

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Noun.
[It.]
A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, – much played by Italians of the lower classes.

Mo′ra

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Noun.
(Bot.)
A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (
Dimorphandra excelsa
); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
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Mo′ra

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Noun.
[L.]
(Rom. & Civil Law)
Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.