morse

name

1. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.
3. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165.
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noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable)Clipping of Morse code.

   “We sent a message in Morse.”

2. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.

   “The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.”

3. (obsolete)Synonym of walrus.

   “The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]”

   “Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.”

verb

1. (transitive)To transmit by Morse code.

   “It was Gibson who was right. Code 78A was Morsed back to Grantham – 'bomb despatched and hit wall but no breach observed'. No doubt the wording of Operation Chastise's operation order now started to hit home […]”