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MOURNING, ppr. Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.

MOURNING, n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.

1. The dress or customary habit worn by mourners.

And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
1913 Definition
Mourning (mourning)
n.
Mourn"ing
  1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
  2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.

    The houses to their tops with black were spread,
    And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
    Dryden.

    Deep mourning. See under Deep.

  3. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  4. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.

    Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove (Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. -- Mourning warbler (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash- gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.


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