mora
mora is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
- 2.A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
- 3.Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes called?
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- What is delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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