mort stone

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mort stone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.]
     1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
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     2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death
        of game.
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              The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
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     Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth
        indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle.
  
     Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the
        bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor.
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