Definition of Mourneng
Mourn"ing, n. [AS. murnung.]
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.
Mourn"ing, a. 1.
Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Gerund form of mourn; an act of mourning.
- To mourn or feel sad about something or someone close to you.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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