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mo·ra
I. \ˈmō]rə, ˈmȯ]\ noun
(plural mo·rae \]ˌrē\ ; or moras)
Etymology: Latin, literally, delay — more at moratory
1. Roman & civil law : delay in the performance of an obligation; especially : culpable delay
2.
a. : the minimal unit of quantitative measure in temporal prosodic systems equivalent in the time value to an average short syllable
b. : such a unit used in linguistic analysis especially with reference to vowel quantity
II. noun
or mor·ra \ˈmȯrə\
(-s)
Etymology: Italian
: an Italian game in which a player extends a number of fingers of his hand in an attempt to match the number of fingers simultaneously extended by his opponent
< the little singing girls playing mora — Joseph Hergesheimer >
III. \mōˈrä\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi moṛhā
India : a low wicker stool or footstool
IV. \ˈmōrə, ˈmȯrə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps modification of Tupi moiratinga, from moira tree + tinga white
1.
a. capitalized : a small genus of tall half-evergreen forest trees (family Leguminosae) of northern So. America that are often included in a closely related genus (Dimorphandra)
b. -s : any tree of the genus Mora; especially : a tall buttressed tree (Mora excelsa or Dimorphandra mora) that often grows in nearly pure stands on alluvial lands chiefly of British Guiana and Trinidad and that yields a strong heavy wood which is highly resistant to dry rot and to termite injury and is used extensively for railway ties, heavy construction, and in shipbuilding
c. -s : the wood of the British Guiana mora
2. -s : fustic 1 |