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▪ I. Morse, n.3 Telegraphy.|mɔːs|
The name of the American electrician S. F. B. Morse (1791–1872), the inventor of the recording telegraph, and of the alphabet (in which the letters are expressed by combinations of dots and dashes) used for sending messages by this instrument. Used attrib. in designations of these inventions and things pertaining to them; also ellipt. as n. = ‘Morse telegraph’.
[1847‘Peter Progress’ Electr. Telegr. 63 Morse's Telegraph. This variety of the Electric Telegraph is employed on all the American lines.] 1858in G. B. Prescott Hist. Electr. Telegraph (1860) xiv. 191 We work with Morse key and detector. 1860Prescott Electr. Telegr. iii. v. 73 Electric telegraph apparatus. The Morse system. 1867Sabine Electr. Telegr. 84 Simple Morse Circuit.—In its simplest form the Morse telegraph consists of a transmitting key [etc.]. Ibid. 86 Embossing Instrument with movable Magnet. This is a construction of the Morse by Messrs. Siemens and Halske. Ibid. 87 The Morse Code. Ibid. 90 The Morse alphabet. Ibid. 149 The Morse recorder. 1876Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 105 In England we never do use the Morse on such circuits... It is an exceedingly rare thing to fix more than four stations on one Morse circuit. 1889Preece & Maier Telephone 110 Ordinary Morse signals. 1898R. Kerr Wireless Telegr. 93 The Morse inker. Ibid. 97 A small Morse key. 1916[see dash n.1 7 f]. 1931F. L. Allen Only Yesterday 13 A mechanically inclined boy has a wireless set, with which, if he knows the Morse code, he may listen to messages from ships at sea. 1972V. Pitt First Look At Signals 38 The most famous distress signal is S.O.S... It may be tapped out in Morse Code.
Hence Morse v. intr. and trans., to signal by means of the Morse alphabet.
1906Kipling in Windsor Mag. Jan. 232/2 Ah! now she's Morsing against the fog. 1920Punch 31 Mar. 245/1 It can be used for Morsing instructions about breakfast to the cook. 1944Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLVIII. 534 Sudden load changes of 18 kw. (29 h.p. at 85 per cent. efficiency) could be thrown on and off the engine by violently ‘morsing’ the switch on the load panel without upsetting stability.
▪ II. Morse, n.4 Engin.|mɔːs|
[prob. f. the name of the Morse Twist Drill Co., now Morse Cutting Tools, of New Bedford, Mass., U.S.A.]
Morse taper: a taper on a shank or socket that is one of a standard series having specified dimensions and angles; also ellipt.
The word Morse is a registered proprietary term in the U.S.
1894Machinery (N.Y.) Nov. p. ii (Advt.), The Standard Tool Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Manufacturers of..Taps, Milling Cutters, Morse Taper Reamers. 1896R. Grimshaw Shop Kinks 96 ‘Morse’ and ‘American’ Tapers. There are still shops which have twist-drills and sockets of the old ‘American’ taper, and sometimes it is bothersome to work them in with the ‘Morse’, as the American is 9–16 inch to the foot, and the Morse is 5/8 inch. 1906Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 28 Aug. 2956/2 Morse Twist Drill & Machine Company, New Bedford, Mass. Filed May 29, 1905. Used ten years. Morse [for] Drills, Reamers, Taps,..and Milling Cutters. 1930Engineering 25 Apr. 539/2 The centres, both of the workhead and tailstock..are 2½ in. in diameter. They have shanks with a No. 6 Morse taper. 1964S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes v. 114 The barrel is hollow, at one end a morse-taper bore locates the dead centre, and also provides the location for drill and reamer shanks. 1971B. Scharf Engin. & its Lang. x. 87 Morse tapers which are numbered from 0 to 7 make it possible to interchange drills, sockets, etc. as required. |