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Webster 1913 Edition

(mōrn)

Noun.

[See 2d

The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached.

Sir P. Sidney.

Noun.

morn. The round end of a staff; the part of a lance to which the steel is fixed, or the ferrel. [Not used.]

See also: Mourne

mourne ‎(plural mournes)

The armed or feruled end of a staff.
The end of a sheephook to which the hook is attached.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Philip Sidney to this entry?)