Mort — Defs

01 n. A great quantity or number.

1.
A great quantity or number.[Prov. Eng.]
“There was a mort of merrymaking.” — Dickens.

02 n. A woman; a female.

1.
A woman; a female.[Cant, archaic]
“Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.” — B. Jonson.

03 n. A salmon in its third year.

04 n. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.

1.
Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
2.
A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.
“The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.” — Sir W. Scott.
3.
The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Phrases & compounds

Mort cloth — the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings.

Mort stone — a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin.

05 n. A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.

1.
A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.