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Webster 1913 Edition


Morkin

Mor′kin

,
Noun.
[Akin to Sw.
murken
putrefied, Icel.
morkinn
putrid.]
A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Morkin

MOR'KIN

,
Noun.
[L. mortuus, dead, and kin, kind.]
Among hunters, a beast that has died by sickness or mischance.

Definition 2024


morkin

morkin

English

Noun

morkin (plural morkins)

  1. (obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Could hee[sic] not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, []