morris¹ or (obsolete) morrice /morˈis/

1. A morris dance (qv)
2. A tune for such a dance

To perform such a dance

morrˈis-pike noun (Shakespeare)

A Moorish pike

meril, merel or merell /merˈəl/

1. A counter used in the game of merils
2. (in pl) a rustic game played by two people with counters on a figure marked on the ground, a board, etc, consisting of three squares, one within another, the object to get three counters in a row at the intersection of the lines joining the corners and the mid-points of the sides (also marls, marrˈels, morˈals, morrˈis or mirˈacles)

fivepenny morris

The game as played with five pieces each

ninepenny morris or nine men's morris

1. The game as played with nine pieces each
2. The figure cut in the ground for the game (Shakespeare)

morris dance /morˈis däns/

A type of English folk dance, perh of Moorish origin, which came to be associated with May games, with (latterly) Maid Marian, Robin Hood, the hobby-horse, and other characters, who had bells attached to their clothes (also morrˈis or morrˈice)

morris dancer noun

morris dancing noun

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