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Definition of Morrice
1. n. Same as 1st Morris.
2. a. Dancing the morrice; dancing.
Definition of Morrice
1. Verb. To dance, especially a morris dance ¹
2. Verb. To move away rapidly; to decamp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morrice
1. an old English folk dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morrice
Literary usage of Morrice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1840)
"ND The Editor's MS. instead of " Lord Barnard," has " John Stewart ;" and instead
of " Gil morrice," " Child Maurice," which last is probably the original ..."
2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"already due to morrice whom they hired for one year, be paid to plaintiffs by
defendants for the ... 10s. more due to morrice Nov. 1, the end of his year. ..."
3. History of Michigan by Charles Moore (1915)
"Their children numbered four: William G. was the oldest and the only one now
living; John Anderson morrice, the second, a farmer of Shiawassee county, ..."
4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1905)
"It appeared, from the correspondence of morrice, and the entries in his books,
... After the above transactions, morrice. from time to time, ..."
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