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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
morse       [mawrs] Pronunciation Key
–noun Ecclesiastical.
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME mors < OF < L morsus fastening, lit., act of biting, equiv. to mord(ére) to bite + -tus, suffix of v. action]
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Morse       [mawrs] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Jed·i·di·ah       [jed-i-dahy-uh] Pronunciation Key, 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
2.Samuel F(in·ley) B(reese)       [fin-lee breez] Pronunciation Key, 1791–1872, U.S. artist and inventor: developer of the first successful telegraph in the U.S.; inventor of the most commonly used telegraphic code system.
3.Morse code.
4.a male given name, form of Maurice.
–adjective
5.noting or pertaining to the Morse code or the system of communications using it.
6.pertaining to any code resembling the Morse code.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Morse       (môrs)  Pronunciation Key 
American painter and inventor. A portraitist whose subjects included Lafayette, he refined (1838) and patented (1854) the telegraph and developed the telegraphic code that bears his name.

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morse

noun
1. a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) 
2. United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Morse       (môrs)  Pronunciation Key 
American inventor who was a pioneer in the field of telegraphy and in 1844 introduced a telegraphic code for transmitting messages, which became known as Morse code.

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Morse Bluff, NE (village, FIPS 32865) Location: 41.43111 N, 96.76569 W
Population (1990): 128 (61 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68648

Morse Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 46750) Location: 26.68065 N, 81.79774 W
Population (1990): 3771 (2395 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Morse, TX Zip code(s): 79062

Morse, LA (village, FIPS 52320) Location: 30.12090 N, 92.49796 W
Population (1990): 782 (329 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Morse

Morse\, n. [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.] (Zo["o]l.) The walrus. See Walrus.

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Morse

Morse\, n. [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.] A clasp for fastening garments in front. --Fairholt.

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