mort

Definitions

1. 1.Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
2. 2.A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. Sir W. Scott.
3. 3.The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is death; esp., the death of game in the chase called?
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