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morrisn.1 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morris dance n. Etymology: Short for morris dance n. 1. society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] 1503 (St. John's Cambr. D91.20) 121 Item paid to maister tresorer for a rewarde yeuen vnto vj Spaynerdes that daunsed the morice vj s viij d. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xiii. ix. 112 Thar morisis and syk riot. 1590 R. Harvey 8 All the picked yoouth,..footing the Morris about a May pole. a1630 F. Moryson in (1903) v. ii. 477 Setting vp maypooles daunsing the morris with hobby horses, bringing home the lady of the harvest. 1645 J. Milton 17 No antic hobnaile at a Morris, but is more hansomly facetious. 1712 No. 425. ⁋3 Four Reapers, who danced a Morrice to the Sound of Oaten Pipes. 1780 J. Price Let. 14 Sept. in T. Warton (1995) iii. 432 Performed in a daunce... Containing the pleasure, paines and kinde entertainment..of William Kemp..in his late Morrice. 1817 R. Southey i. i Since we were boys together, And play'd at barley-brake, and danced the morris. 1856 G. H. Boker Leonor de Guzman i. ii, in (1857) I. 261 I'll dance the morrice, and you'll ride the horse With an alms-pipkin at your saddle-bow. 1907 C. J. Sharp 8 The Morris, like that magic beanstalk, seemed to outwit the laws of nature. 1935 Sept. 265/2 Miss Violet Alford's comparative study of the relation of the Morris to other seasonal dances of Europe and to the Morisca. 1995 25 Aug. 6/3 My father had served during the Second World War on a ship where ‘a fellow from Oxford’ had taught some of the hands to dance the morris. society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] > morris-dancer > group of a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 60 Sum lait at ewin bringis in the moryis. 1554 in J. D. Marwick (1871) II. 193 Vtheris that furneist the grayth to the convoy of the moris to the Abbay. 1601 J. Marston et al. i. sig. A3v Oh a Morice is come, obserue our country sport. 1603 S. Harsnett 49 The Fidler comes in with his Taber and Pipe and a whole Morice after him with Motly Visards. 1660 A. Wood (1891) I. 317 There was numbred 12 maypoles besides 3 or 4 morrises, etc. 1716 Lady Fermanagh Let. 20 May in M. M. Verney (1930) II. 41 I can't help giving the Morrises monny when they come. 1983 6 ii. 12 Great Western Morris from Exeter are a welcome and familiar sight at each Sidmouth festival. 1541 M. Coverdale in tr. H. Bullinger To Rdr. sig. *ijv The man wyll not daunce in the deuyls morys with them. 1571 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xxix. 35 Sum for þe hure garris heid þameselff, and is not þat a morreis? a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine v. i, in (1647) sig. Ii2v/1 Certainly my body Is of a wild-fire, For my head rings backward, Or else I have a morise in my braines. 1637 J. Milton 5 The Sounds, and Seas with all their finnie drove, Now to the Moone in wavering Morrice move. 1698 J. Fryer 23 A Chorus of Porpoises had taken the Sea in their Dance; which Morris once over, the Seas were quiet. 1892 W. E. Henley Rhymes xi. 1 Gulls in an aëry morrice Gleam and vanish and gleam. 1894 K. Grahame 23 And all the attendant hurry and scurry of the human morrice. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1521–2 (P.R.O.: E 36/219) f. 78 For hyeryng of x dd. Belles and ix Morres Cotes. 1615 (Bucks. Record Office PR 140/5/1) f. 32 Item, fower paire of morris bells, fower morris Coates and a fooles Coate. 1621 R. Montagu 488 The Salij, the habite they vsed in those Morrice-Feasts. 1507 Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Rec. in D. Lysons (1792) 227 For 4 plyts and ¼ of laun for the mores garments 0. 2. 11. a1639 T. Dekker et al. (1658) iii. i. 37 Mates and Morricemen, you see here's no longer piping, no longer dancing. 1784 T. Holcroft i. vii. 25 They make the roof ring, While the morris-men dance in the court. 1907 C. J. Sharp 32 No man, even an old-time Morris-man, may jump and alight upon his heels alone. 1997 T. Ansel 53 The ‘chink-chinks’ of Bells—Morris Men dancing. a1639 T. Dekker et al. (1658) iii. i. 26 I pray you, good Morrice-mates, now leave me. 1802 W. Wordsworth 17 In shoals and bands, a morrice train, Thou greet'st the traveller in the lane. C2. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other bells 1560 Extracts Churchwardens' Accts. St. Helen's, Abingdon in (1770) 1 15 For two dossin of Morres belles 1s. 1630 W. Hopkins in W. Davenant sig. A3 Commend the learned layes That make a din about the streets, or els Extoll the Iewes-trumpe, or the morris bells. 1742 W. Ellis June xvii. 185 A fourth way, Is to tie a Morrice-Bell about the Neck of a catch'd Rat. 1884 3 May 1 Round their ankles they each wore a set of Morris bells. 1990 2 x. 167 I can call them morris bells, but that tells the uninformed reader nothing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). morrisn.2Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of merels n., perhaps after Moorish adj.2 (perhaps with reference to a supposed Arabic origin for the game) or morris n.1 (perhaps with reference to a supposed resemblance between the counters on the board and patterns made by Morris dancers). Compare mill n.1 9a. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > games similar to draughts > [noun] > merels 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 98 The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mudde. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave at Merelles The boyish game called Merills, or fiue-pennie Morris; played here most commonly with stones. 1706 (new ed.) at Merils A Play among Boys, otherwise call'd Fivepenny Morris. 1825 J. Neal i. i. 7 Peters had beaten him..at fox and geese; then at morris; then at checquers, or draughts. 1835 J. Clare 119 Oft we may track his haunts..By nine-peg-morris nicked upon the green. 1854 A. E. Baker II. 16 Merells or Morris... This amusement was formerly the pastime of the shepherds..and was called Nine Men's Merrills, or Nine Men's Morris. 1865 S. Evans 9 He found his abacus expressly scored For nine-men's morris on an indoor scale. 1894 A. B. Gomme I. 417 The Morris was usually marked on a board or stone with chalk... The pegs are put down..upon any point upon the Morris. 1952 H. J. R. Murray iii. 41 Three men's morris..was much played by shepherds and boys when watching sheep, but is less frequently played now in England. 1960 R. C. Bell iii. 91 Morris Games. Noughts and Crosses... Three Men's Morris... Six Men's Morris was popular in Italy, France, and England. 1987 Nov. 13/2 Nine Men's Morris—or Merrills—has been played..for a millennium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † morrisn.3Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Morris. Etymology: < the name of William Morris of Holyhead, who captured the first described specimen in 1763 (see quot. 1769). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǫ·ris) /ˈmɒrɪs/. Zoology. Obsolete. the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > member of family Congridae (conger) > young 1769 T. Pennant (new ed.) III. iv. 125 The Morris... This species was discovered in the sea near Holyhead by the late Mr. William Morris. 1781 T. Pennant (1783) II. 252 The Beaumaris Shark,..the Morris..and the trifurcated Hake..are new species taken in this sea. 1835 L. Jenyns 480 Leptocephalus Morrisii, Gmel. (Angelsea Morris). 1836 W. Yarrell II. 311 (heading) The Anglesey morris. 1902 XXVII. 685/2 In 1864 the American naturalist, Gill, published the conclusion that L. Morrisii was the young or larva of the conger, and Leptocephali generally the young stages of species of Murænidæ. In 1886 this conclusion was confirmed from direct observation by Yves Delage.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). Morrisn.4 Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Morris. Etymology: < the name of William Morris (1834–96), English writer, craftsman, and socialist, and leading member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper > types of 1872 ‘A. Thomas’ xix. 66/1 ‘Morris Papers’ are too well known, to need to have many words said in their favor... Do you know those marvellous combinations of color and form? 1880 Lady Jebb Let. 6 Mar. in A. Adburgham (1964) xvi. 173 I wish you could see Mrs Sellar's drawing-room..; Morris papers on the walls, Burne-Jones' photographs. 1912 T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 May in (1954) 209 The piece of Morris tapestry I have. 1935 N. Mitchison i. 107 The Morris curtains would be drawn. 1938 J. Cary 274 A Bible in Morris binding. 1958 28 Aug. 317/1 The Morris dining-room. 1972 D. Marlowe i. 20 The warm bottle of Malvern water by the bedside, Morris wallpaper, and a train-journey biography. 1987 Summer 90/1 The visitors' bedrooms..are named after the Morris designs used in their decoration. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > easy chair > type of 1885 E. C. Gardner in 6 i. 70/1 Mr. Mullion sat in his favorite Morris chair before a blazing pile of hickory. 1900 Spring–Summer 235/3 Morris chair, golden oak or mahogany finish. 1925 G. B. Shaw Let. 24 Feb. in (1960) 83 Morris made all sorts of chairs: there is no particular Morris chair that I know of. 1936 J. Dos Passos 248 He let himself drop into the morrischair. 1961 A. Miller iii. 31 The complete assortment of furniture, from the Morris chair to the studio couch. 1990 N. Bissoondath Smoke in (1991) 220 Through the little living room with its Morris chairs and doilied coffee table and religious calendars. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [adjective] > wallpapered > types of wall-paper 1895 E. Radford 14 Till curious old mezzotints On Morris-papered walls are seen. 1920 J. Galsworthy iii. iii. 257 On a wall, not yet Morris-papered, was a print of the Queen. 1967 O. Lancaster v. 123 A charming cottage, stone-walled and Morris-papered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Morrisn.5Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Morris. Etymology: < the name of Richard G. M. Morris, English neuroscientist, who invented the test (described in 1981 ( Learning & Motivation 12 239)). Psychology. 1982 96 571/1 On the basis of our results in the Morris water maze, we conclude that during blockade of central cholinergic systems, rats cannot learn by using the true spatial mapping strategy. 1989 30 Nov. 547/1 The behavioural apparatus was a Morris water pool, located in a room that contained numerous distal visual cues. 1992 S. Rose 235 Labs which for years had worked on more classical memory tasks found themselves funded to purchase morris mazes. 2000 (Nexis) 30 July 40/6 Mental retardation was assessed by making the mouse do a fiendish I.Q. test called the Morris water maze, in which it has to find a platform located within a pool. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morrisv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: morris n.1 society > leisure > dancing > [verb (intransitive)] 1725 Morris, to hang dangling in the Air, to be executed. a1854 Canting Songs (BL Add MS 27825) in J. Coleman (2004) I. 212 We beg all spectators, pray for us... The Tumbrel shoves off, and we morris. 1861 M. Collins in 1 268 Where the unseen fairies gaily morriced. 1888 W. Allingham 65 Queen of the Forest, How art thou hidden so wondrous deep? Bird never sung there, fay never morriced, All the trees are asleep. 1953 S. Kaye-Smith ii. v. 215 There is also the ancient word ‘morris’ used as a verb in much the same way as ‘dance’. 1989 R. Garfitt 47 The labourer beyond the ha-ha, who trespasses twice a year on the park of English poetry, the blackface morrising and mumming through the gates. 2. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)] 1765 W. Cowper 8 Nov. (1979) I. 125 I think the Welshman must Morris. 1773 O. Goldsmith iii. 52 Zounds! here they are. Morrice. Prance. 1796 M. Robinson II. 81 You'll be pleased to morrice off while you are in a whole skin. 1827 W. Clarke 84 When one of the fancy dies, the survivors say, that he has..‘mizzled’—‘morrised’—or ‘muffed it’! 1838 C. Dickens I. viii. 125 Up with you on your pins. There: now then. Morrice. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ (new ed.) 125/2 Morris off, to run away. 1893 J. Salisbury (at cited word) Now you bwoys you'd better morris. a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in (1903) IV. 163/1 Morris [to move off quickly, to decamp, march off]. 1826 17 333 They [sc. horses] are not large, but they can all ‘morris’ a little. society > leisure > dancing > [verb (transitive)] 1844 T. Hood Forge i, in I. 108 However it's quite As wild a night As ever was known on that sinister height Since the Demon-Dance was morriced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11503n.21600 n.31769 n.41872n.51982v.1725 |
