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▪ I. morel, n.1|mɒˈrɛl|
Forms: 3–5 morele, 6 morrell, 5 moreole, 5–9 morelle, 6–8 morell, 5– morel.
[a. OF. morele (mod F. morelle) = Pr., It., med.L. morella; prob. the fem. of morel (= It. morello): see morel a. Cf. MDu., Du. moreel.]
1. A name applied to various plants also known as nightshade; chiefly the Black Nightshade (= petty morel: see 2).
c1265Voc. Plants in Wr.-Wülcker 558/25 Morella, morele, atterloþe. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 55 Putte to þis medicyn þe ius of sum cold erbe: as morel, penywort, virge pastoris. 14..MS. Linc. Med. lf. 295 (Halliw.) Tak moreoles, and the rute of everferne that waxes on the ake. 1483Cath. Angl. 243/2 Morelle, quedam herba est, solatrum. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 110 Purple veluette of Ynde: that hath the coloure of morelle, or vyolette, or rousty yron: is mooste of pryce. 1546T. Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) S vj, The iuyce of morel, otherwyse called nightshade. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. Imposture 580 Thou seest, no wheat Helleborus can bring; Nor barley, from the madding Morrell spring. 1601Holland Pliny II. 58 Morel or Night⁓shade. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 256 If we make use of the Juice of Poppy, of Morel,..or of Hen-bane, we shall have Fruits of a Narcotick and Soporative Virtue. 1836J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. (ed. 2) 144 Solania..may be employed in all cases where the extract of the morel or the bitter-sweet is indicated.
attrib.1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1553) C ij b, Seeth it in nightshade or morell water.
2. petty morel Also 6 petermorell, petimorel, petiemorel.
a. The black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 85 Take groundeswele, lemke, chiken mete, daysyes, reubarbe, petit morel, & herbe benet. 1548Turner Names Herbes (1881) 75 Solanum hortense..is called in Englishe Nyghtshade, or pety morel..in frenche Morel. 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. lxxxix. 444 The greene leaves of Petiemorel, or Nightshade, pounde with parched barley meale, is maruelous profitable..layd to Saint Antonies fire. 1611Cotgr., Morelle, the hearbe Morell, pettie Morell, garden Nightshade. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Headache, Dissolve four or five Grains of Camphire, in either Lettice, Petty-Morel, or Purslain-Water. 1879Prior Plant-n. s.v. Morel, Petty-Morel, the garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum, L.
b. U.S. American spikenard, Aralia racemosa.
1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 294 Aralia racemosa. Pettymorrel. Spikenard. 1890in Century Dict.
3. great morel, Atropa Belladonna (Treas. Bot. 1866).
▪ II. morel, n.2|mɒˈrɛl|
Also 7–8 morell, 9 morelle.
[app. a. F. morelle (Cotgr. 1611; not in recent Dicts.): see morello.]
A morello cherry. Also morel cherry.
1611Cotgr., Morelles, Morell Cherries; late-ripe Cherries, dryed for Winter prouision. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xvii. (1814) 293 His lip like the morel when glossed with dew. 1819Pantologia VIII, Morel, or Morella Cherry.
▪ III. morel, n.3|mɒˈrɛl|
Forms: 7–9 morille, 8 murrel(l, 8–9 morell(e, morrell(e, moril, 8– morel. See also moriglio.
[a. F. morille (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.); the history of the word is obscure, but it is certainly a. some form of the Teut. word represented by OHG. morhila (MHG. morchel, morel, mod.G. morchel, whence the botanical L. morchella), dim. of morha more n.1
In OHG. the dim., like the primary word, occurs only for ‘carrot’ or ‘parsnip’; in MHG. both were applied also to the fungus; mod.G. morchel means only this.]
An edible fungus of the genus Morchella, esp. Morchella esculenta.
1672Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 260 Concerning Morilles and Truffs: (the first whereof is a certain delicate red Mushroom..). 1716Gay Trivia iii. 203 Spongy morells in strong ragousts are found, And in the soup the slimy snail is drown'd. 1761Ann. Reg. IV. i. 242/2 Third service. Consisting of vegetable and made dishes..green morrelles, green truffles. 1791H. Walpole Let. to Lady Ossory 29 Aug., Queen Elizabeth, when shrivelled like a morel, listened with complacency to encomiums on her beauty. 1856Griffith & Henfrey Microgr. Dict., Morels, species of Morchella. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 76 Morel. This delicious edible fungus, Morchella esculenta (Pers.), is more common in Britain than is generally supposed.
▪ IV. † morel, a. and n.4 Obs.
Also 5 morrel, 6 morrell(e, morrell.
[a. OF. morel (early mod.F. moreau) = It. morello, perh. f. L. mōrum mulberry. Some scholars refer the word to late Gr. µαῦρος black: see Moor n.2 Sp. and Pg. have moreno dark complexioned, ‘brunette’. The Fr. n. appears in MDu. as moreel black horse.]
A. adj. † Of a horse: Dark-coloured. Obs.
c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 293 He was well mounted vpon a good black morell horse.
B. n. A dark-coloured horse; hence, a proper name for such a horse.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. iv. vii. 729 Þar morel, bayerde, don and gray, Withe wondis flyngande ran away. c1440Promp. Parv. 343/1 Morel, horse, morellus. 1466Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 17, I have sold both my horse, good morrel & his felow. a1529Skelton Agst. Garnesche iii. 13 Gup, marmeset, jast ye, morelle! c1550(title) The Wife lapped in Morels Skin. 1587M. Grove Pelops & Hipp. (1878) 120 For such was Morrell slayne and layde in saltish bryne. |