Definition of morris
- n. - A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who
accompanies the dance with castanets.
- n. - A dance formerly common in England, often performed in
pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed
and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other
fictious characters.
- n. - An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed
angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board
or ground on which the game is played.
- n. - A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent
body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or
some allied fish.