morse
morse Lexical Profile
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• noun
(Often capitalized) Morse code; a system of long and short signals—such as dots and dashes, flashes of light, or sound pulses—used to represent letters and numbers in telecommunication.
"The stranded sailors used a signal lamp to flash a distress message in Morse to the passing freighter."
An ornamental metal clasp or brooch, often set with jewels or enamel, used to fasten an ecclesiastical cope in front.
"The medieval bishop's heavy silk cope was fastened at the chest with a gilt silver morse."
(Archaic) The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), a large flippered marine mammal of Arctic seas characterized by its prominent downward-pointing tusks.
"Early seventeenth-century Arctic explorers frequently recorded hunting the morse for its prized ivory tusks."
• verb
To transmit or signal a message using Morse code.
"The radio operator quickly morsed the updated coordinates back to headquarters."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The telegraphy sense is named after American inventor Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), who co-developed the signaling code. The ecclesiastical clasp sense derives from Old French 'mors', from Latin 'morsus' (a bite or catch, from 'mordere', to bite), while the archaic walrus sense enters via French or Russian from a Sámi word of onomatopoeic origin.