morris | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Morris
·noun A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanet...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Morris-chair
·add. ·noun A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Morris-pike
·noun A Moorish pike. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Morris, William
(1834-1896) Poet, artist, and socialist, b. at Walthamstow, and ed. at Marlborough School and Oxf. ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Morris' Wharf
South out of Thames Street, west of Baynard's Castle, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755,...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
kemp's morris
William Kemp, said to have been the original Dogberry in Much ado about Nothing, danced a morris fro...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
morris-pike
A formidable Moorish weapon, the precursor of the boarding-pike. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Morris, Sir Lewis
(1833-1907) Poet, b. at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and ed. at Sherborne and Oxf., was called to the B...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Andro Morris Key
Appointed a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.