graphic design: William Morris and the private-press movement: William Morris, the leader of the movement, was a major figure in the evolution of design. Morris was actively involved in designing furniture, stained glass, textiles, wallpapers, and tapestries from the 1860s through the 1890s. Deeply concerned with the problems of industrialization and the factory…

William Morris was a U.S. theatrical agent and manager who opposed the attempted monopoly of vaudeville talent in the early 20th century. Morris was hired by Klaw and Erlanger, heads of a legitimate theatre trust, to book vaudeville acts for their theatre chain. This position put him in conflict

William Morris was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs for furniture, fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and other decorative arts generated the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionized Victorian taste. Morris was born in an Essex village on the

William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield was a British industrialist and philanthropist whose automobile manufacturing firm introduced the Morris cars. The son of a farm labourer, Morris was obliged by his father’s illness to abandon plans to study medicine and go to work at age 15. Behind his

Wright Morris was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and photographer who often wrote about the Midwestern prairie where he grew up. In his writings he sought to recapture the American past and portray the frustrations of contemporary life. Morris grew up in Nebraska. His mother

Wright Morris was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and photographer who often wrote about the Midwestern prairie where he grew up. In his writings he sought to recapture the American past and portray the frustrations of contemporary life. Morris grew up in Nebraska. His mother

Jane Goodall is a British ethologist, known for her exceptionally detailed and long-term research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall, who was interested in animal behaviour from an early age, left school at age 18. She worked as a secretary and as a film

Sir John Morris-Jones was a teacher, scholar, and poet who revolutionized Welsh literature. By insisting—through his teaching and his writings and his annual adjudication at national eisteddfodau (poetic competitions)—that correctness was the first essential of style and sincerity the first

Morris dance, ritual folk dance performed in rural England by groups of specially chosen and trained men; less specifically, a variety of related customs, such as mumming, as well as some popular entertainments derived from them. Similar customs are widespread throughout Europe and extend to the

dinosaur: American hunting expeditions: …among them Yale’s sites at Morrison and Canon City, Colorado, and, most important, Como Bluff in southeastern Wyoming. The discovery of Como Bluff in 1877 was a momentous event in the history of paleontology that generated a burst of exploration and study as well as widespread public enthusiasm for dinosaurs.…

Morrison Formation, series of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Jurassic Period in western North America, from Montana to New Mexico. The Morrison Formation is famous for its dinosaur fossils, which have been collected for more than a century, beginning with a find near the town of Morrison,

the Doors: …artistic credibility with the blues-steeped Morrison Hotel (1970), but after the quartet’s sixth studio release, L.A. Woman (1971), Morrison retreated to Paris, where he hoped to pursue a literary career. Instead, he died there of heart failure in 1971 at age 27. Without Morrison, the Doors produced two undistinguished albums…

Antonin Scalia: Judicial philosophy: , his lone dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988), in which he held that the Independent Counsel Act (1978) infringed on powers that the Constitution provided exclusively to the executive branch; and (3) the individual rights articulated in the Bill of Rights—e.g., his majority opinion in Crawford v. Washington (2004),…

Arthur Morrison was an English writer noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in London’s East End at the end of the Victorian era. Morrison, himself born in the East End, began his writing career in 1889 as subeditor of the journal of the People’s Palace, an institution

English literature: Poetry: Also from Yorkshire was Blake Morrison, whose finest work, “The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper” (1987), was composed in taut, macabre stanzas thickened with dialect. Morrison’s work also displayed a growing development in late 20th-century British poetry: the writing of narrative verse. Although there had been earlier instances of…

Sharon, Lois & Bram: …Toronto), and singer and guitarist Bram Morrison (born December 18, 1940, in Toronto). Thanks to the popularity of their albums—which won three Juno Awards and sold over three million copies worldwide—and TV shows, Sharon, Lois & Bram emerged during the 1980s as one of the most successful children’s acts in…

Clara Morris was an American actress and writer, known chiefly for her realistic portrayals of unfortunate women in melodrama. Morris was the eldest child of a bigamous marriage. When she was three her father was exposed, and her mother fled with her to Cleveland, Ohio, where they adopted her

Lewis and Clark Caverns: Dan Morrison, a prospector and investor began to develop the cave and publicize it as “Limespur Cave,” a rival to Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave. Northern Pacific, believing itself the rightful owner of the land, sued Morrison and won, turning the land over to the federal government.…

David Morrison is an Australian military officer who, while serving as chief of army (2011–15) for the Australian Defence Force, precipitated an unprecedented sea change in the country’s military by pressing for gender equality. Morrison was born into a military family and spent an itinerant

David Morrison is an Australian military officer who, while serving as chief of army (2011–15) for the Australian Defence Force, precipitated an unprecedented sea change in the country’s military by pressing for gender equality. Morrison was born into a military family and spent an itinerant

New Orleans: The Civil War and its aftermath: During the administration of Mayor DeLesseps S. Morrison, a vast railroad consolidation program was achieved and a new railroad terminal constructed. Streets were widened, railroad ground crossings were spanned with overpasses, and a civic centre, which includes the 11-story City Hall, was built.

Grant Morrison is a Scottish writer whose body of work includes some of the most influential comics of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In addition to writing alternative titles such as The Invisibles, Morrison provided definitive treatments of Batman and Superman for DC Comics and

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison was a British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments. From about 1905 Morrison was constantly engaged in

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison was a British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments. From about 1905 Morrison was constantly engaged in

the Velvet Underground: March 9, 1942, Garnant, Wales), Sterling Morrison (in full Holmes Sterling Morrison; b. August 29, 1942, Westbury, New York—d. August 30, 1995, Poughkeepsie, New York), Maureen (“Moe”) Tucker (b. August 26, 1944, Levittown, Long Island, New York), Nico (original name Christa Päffgen; b. October 16, 1938, Cologne, Germany—d. July 18,…

Jim Morrison was an American singer and songwriter who was the charismatic front man of the psychedelic rock group the Doors. Morrison’s father was a naval officer (ultimately an admiral), and the family moved frequently, though it settled down in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Alexandria,

Janet Leigh was an American actor who had a half-century-long career that comprised some 60 motion pictures as well as television appearances but was most remembered for one role in particular, that of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). In that film she suffered one of filmdom’s most

Jim Morrison was an American singer and songwriter who was the charismatic front man of the psychedelic rock group the Doors. Morrison’s father was a naval officer (ultimately an admiral), and the family moved frequently, though it settled down in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Alexandria,

the Ohio Players: July 13, 1951, Dayton), Walter (“Junie”) Morrison (b. 1954, Dayton—d. January 21, 2017), and Billy Beck.

Colleen Moore was an American actress who epitomized the jazz-age flapper with her bobbed hair and short skirts in such silent motion pictures as Flaming Youth (1923), Naughty But Nice (1927), Synthetic Sin (1929), and Why Be Good? (1929). (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)

John Wayne was a major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era. Marion Morrison was the son of an Iowa pharmacist; he acquired the nickname “Duke” during his youth and

Glee: …by Will Schuester (played by Matthew Morrison), a likable young teacher who takes charge of the group after its previous director is fired. At the beginning of the series, its members included the talented but conceited Rachel Berry (Lea Michele); the stylish Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), who is gay; Mercedes…

Chung-yang Range: Mount Yü (also called Mount Hsin-kao, formerly Mount Morrison) is the highest peak in the range and in Taiwan, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).

Robert Morrison was a Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society’s first missionary to China; he is considered the father of Protestant mission work there. After studies in theology and Chinese, Morrison was ordained in 1807 and was immediately sent by the society to

Scott Morrison is an Australian conservative politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Australia (2018–22). He became prime minister in August 2018 following a challenge by the right wing of the party to the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull, who stepped down as party

Scott Morrison is an Australian conservative politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Australia (2018–22). He became prime minister in August 2018 following a challenge by the right wing of the party to the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull, who stepped down as party

Van Morrison is an Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career. Morrison was born into a working-class Protestant family in Belfast. Having been

the Velvet Underground: March 9, 1942, Garnant, Wales), Sterling Morrison (in full Holmes Sterling Morrison; b. August 29, 1942, Westbury, New York—d. August 30, 1995, Poughkeepsie, New York), Maureen (“Moe”) Tucker (b. August 26, 1944, Levittown, Long Island, New York), Nico (original name Christa Päffgen; b. October 16, 1938, Cologne, Germany—d. July 18,…

Toni Morrison was an American writer noted for her examination of Black experience (particularly Black female experience) within the Black community. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Morrison grew up in the American Midwest in a family that possessed an intense love of and

Van Morrison is an Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career. Morrison was born into a working-class Protestant family in Belfast. Having been

the Ohio Players: July 13, 1951, Dayton), Walter (“Junie”) Morrison (b. 1954, Dayton—d. January 21, 2017), and Billy Beck.

automobile: Early electric automobiles: 1890, by William Morrison, could maintain a speed of 14 miles (23 km) per hour.

the Smiths: …original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959, Manchester, England), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John Maher; b. October 31, 1963, Manchester), bassist Andy Rourke (b. January 17, 1964, Manchester—d. May 19, 2023, New York City, New York, U.S.), and drummer Mike Joyce…

the Smiths: …original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959, Manchester, England), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John Maher; b. October 31, 1963, Manchester), bassist Andy Rourke (b. January 17, 1964, Manchester—d. May 19, 2023, New York City, New York, U.S.), and drummer Mike Joyce…

Morristown, city, seat (1870) of Hamblen county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Knoxville. It lies in a valley bounded on the north and west by Clinch Mountain and on the south by the Great Smoky Mountains. The community was named for Gideon Morris, who settled

Asheville, city, seat of Buncombe county, west-central North Carolina, U.S. Asheville lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the junction of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. It has a mild climate and is built on an uneven plateau at an elevation of about 2,200 feet (670 metres). Asheville is

Morristown, town, seat (1740) of Morris county, north-central New Jersey, U.S., on the Whippany River, 18 miles (29 km) west of Newark. Founded as West Hanover in 1710, when a forge was established to exploit local iron ore, it was renamed in 1740 for Lewis Morris, then governor of the colony.

Morristown National Historical Park, historical park, Morristown, N.J., U.S. In the American Revolution the Continental Army under George Washington had its main winter campsite there in 1776–77 and 1779–80. Established in 1933, the park covers about 2.6 square miles (6.8 square km). It includes

Asbury Park: …killed 122 persons when the Morro Castle caught fire at sea and was grounded offshore. Asbury Park’s Convention Hall, 4,000-seat Auditorium, boardwalk, swimming pavilions, and fishing facilities have spurred the popularity of it and neighbouring communities as sites for resorts and conventions. Sunset, Deal, and Wesley lakes are within Asbury’s…

Havana: City layout: …these is Morro Castle (Castillo del Morro), completed in 1640. It became the centre of the network of forts protecting Havana, and, with La Punta Fortress (Castillo de la Punta), dominated the actual entrance to the harbour. The oldest fortification, La Fuerza (Castillo de la Fuerza), was begun in…

Puerto Rico: Early settlement: …San Felipe del Morro (El Morro) castle, which was perfectly located to dominate the narrow entrance to the harbour. Finally they added a stronger and larger fortress (San Cristóbal) to the northeast, on the Atlantic side of the city. In the early 17th century the city was surrounded by…

Mount Corcovado, sharp rocky peak (2,310 feet [704 metres]), a part of the Carioca Range, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Mount Corcovado (“Hunchback”) is named for its shape. On its narrow summit towers the imposing statue of Christ the Redeemer, 98 feet (30 metres) tall. The peak

Flores Island: …3,087 ft (941 m) at Morro Grande in its centre. It has numerous crater lakes that offer good fishing and is noted for its lush flora (whence its name). The economy is based on cattle raising and dairying.

Liberia: Drainage: The Mano and Morro rivers in the northwest and the Cavalla in the east and southeast are major rivers and form sections of Liberia’s boundaries. Other major rivers are the Lofa in the north and, moving southward, the St. Paul, St. John, and Cestos, all of which parallel…

Nova Lima: It is known for its Morro Velho (“Old Mountain”) Mine, which was in operation from 1834 to 2003. The mine’s air-cooled shaft, which penetrated to a depth of about 8,500 feet (2,590 metres), was one of the deepest in the Americas. The mine accounted for as much as half of…

Havana: City layout: …these is Morro Castle (Castillo del Morro), completed in 1640. It became the centre of the network of forts protecting Havana, and, with La Punta Fortress (Castillo de la Punta), dominated the actual entrance to the harbour. The oldest fortification, La Fuerza (Castillo de la Fuerza), was begun in…

Saint Celestine V ; canonized May 5, 1313; feast day May 19) was the pope from July 5 to Dec. 13, 1294, the first pontiff to abdicate. He founded the Celestine order. Pietro was a Benedictine in his youth but soon became a hermit and lived in the Abruzzi Mountains, near Sulmona. His rigorous

Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter who won both the 100- and 200-metre dashes at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Morrow also anchored the gold medal-winning U.S. 4 × 100-metre relay team. As a high school senior in Texas, Morrow won 17 consecutive 100- and 220-yard dashes and state titles

Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter who won both the 100- and 200-metre dashes at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Morrow also anchored the gold medal-winning U.S. 4 × 100-metre relay team. As a high school senior in Texas, Morrow won 17 consecutive 100- and 220-yard dashes and state titles

Dwight W. Morrow was an American lawyer, financier, and statesman. The son of an educator, Morrow graduated from Amherst College (1895) and Columbia Law School (1899) and then entered practice, winning a reputation in corporation law. He aided in drafting a workmen’s compensation law in 1911 and in

Dwight W. Morrow was an American lawyer, financier, and statesman. The son of an educator, Morrow graduated from Amherst College (1895) and Columbia Law School (1899) and then entered practice, winning a reputation in corporation law. He aided in drafting a workmen’s compensation law in 1911 and in

Northern Exposure: …was Joel Fleischman (played by Rob Morrow), a physician who was indentured to the state of Alaska, which had paid his way through medical school at Columbia University. Immediately, Fleischman, an ambitious, cosmopolitan Jewish New Yorker, felt out of his element and isolated by the weather, the wilderness, and the…

gangsta rap: Like Too $hort, Ice-T relied on his self-styled image as a pimp to propel sales; though his lyrics were well-respected, his single “Cop Killer" (1992), like gangsta rap in general, raised controversy. N.W.A.’s influence could be heard in groups like Compton’s Most Wanted, DJ Quik, Above the Law,…

Richard Brooks: Early films: …by teenage hoodlums (played by Vic Morrow and Sidney Poitier, among others) until a new teacher (Glenn Ford) intervenes. Extremely influential, the drama helped launch the rock-and-roll revolution by using “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets as its theme. Brooks received an Academy Award

Moers, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies immediately west of Duisburg, in the Ruhr industrial region. The site of the Roman town Asciburgium, Moers was first mentioned in the 9th century and developed as a medieval flax market around the castle of the counts of

Luigi Pirandello: …1910 (when it was retitled La morsa) kept him from other than sporadic attempts at drama until the success of Così è (se vi pare) in 1917. This delay may have been fortunate for the development of his dramatic powers. L’epilogo does not greatly differ from other drama of its…

bridge: Early bridges: …at Grünewald, Germany, designed by Emil Morsch for Wayss’s firm, became the longest reinforced-concrete span in the world at 69 metres (230 feet).

religious dress: Roman Catholic religious dress: …are held together by a morse (a metal clasp). The cope occupied an intermediate position between liturgical and nonliturgical vestments, the most important of which was the cassock, the normal dress of the priesthood outside church ceremonies. When engaged in religious ceremonies, the officiant would wear the liturgical vestments over…

walrus, (Odobenus rosmarus), huge, seal-like mammal found in Arctic seas. There are two subspecies: the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) and the Pacific walrus (O. rosmarus divergens). Male Pacific walrus are slightly larger, with longer tusks. The grayish skin of the walrus is 2–4 cm

Morse Code, either of two systems for representing letters of the alphabet, numerals, and punctuation marks by an arrangement of dots, dashes, and spaces. The codes are transmitted as electrical pulses of varied lengths or analogous mechanical or visual signals, such as flashing lights. One of the

Morse v. Frederick, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2007, ruled (5–4) that Alaskan school officials had not violated a student’s First Amendment freedom of speech rights after suspending him for displaying, at a school event, a banner that was seen as promoting illegal drug use.

Carlton E. Morse was a U.S. radio writer and producer. He worked as a newspaper reporter before joining NBC radio as a writer in 1930. Morse wrote, directed, and produced many radio programs, including the highly popular soap opera One Man’s Family (1932–59; television, 1949–52), the drama I Love a

Mary-Louise Parker: …abusive Uncle Peck (played by David Morse).

Ernest F. Fenollosa: At the invitation of Edward Sylvester Morse, an American zoologist and Orientalist then teaching at Tokyo Imperial University, Fenollosa in 1878 joined the university to lecture (in English) on political science, philosophy, and economics. At this early stage in the Meiji Restoration, traditional art—and many of Japan’s ancient temples…

Jedidiah Morse was an American Congregational minister and geographer, who was the author of the first textbook on American geography published in the United States, Geography Made Easy (1784). His geographical writings dominated the field in the United States until his death. While a young man

Margaret Morse Nice was an American ethologist and ornithologist best known for her long-term behavioral study of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) and her field studies of North American birds. Nice was the fourth child of history professor Anson D. Morse and his wife, Margaret Duncan Ely. She

Alice Morse Earle was an American writer and antiquarian whose work centred on the manners, customs, and handicrafts of various periods of American history. Alice Morse married Henry Earle of New York in 1874. Her writing career began in 1890 when, at the suggestion of her father, she wrote an

Samuel F.B. Morse was an American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph (1832–35). In 1838 he and his friend Alfred Vail developed the Morse Code. He was the son of the distinguished geographer and Congregational clergyman Jedidiah Morse. From Phillips Academy in Andover,

Samuel F.B. Morse was an American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph (1832–35). In 1838 he and his friend Alfred Vail developed the Morse Code. He was the son of the distinguished geographer and Congregational clergyman Jedidiah Morse. From Phillips Academy in Andover,

body dysmorphic disorder: Historical developments: …in 1891 by Italian psychiatrist Enrico Morselli. Morselli adapted the Greek word dysmorphia, meaning “ugliness” or “misshapen,” to describe the condition of persons convinced that they were unattractive in some way but who had no outward evidence of such flaws. The word comes from a myth in Herodotus’s The Histories,…

Mohamed Morsi was an Egyptian engineer and politician who was president of Egypt (2012–13). He was removed from the presidency by a military action in July 2013, following massive demonstrations against his rule. Mohamed Morsi was born in Al-Sharqiyyah governorate, on the eastern side of the Nile

Caspian Sea: Physical features: The largest are Chechen, Tyuleny, Morskoy, Kulaly, Zhiloy, and Ogurchin.

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn was a Polish poet and diplomat noted for his occasional literature. A courtier of Polish kings Władysław IV Vasa and John II Casimir Vasa, Morsztyn later became leader of the opposition during John III Sobieski’s reign, an agent of the French king Louis XIV in Poland, and

Zbigniew Morsztyn was a Polish poet well known for his melancholy religious poetry. A courtier of the princely Radziwiłł family, Morsztyn spent the years 1648–57 in the military service fighting against the Russians and the Swedish invasion; in 1662 he was forced to move to Prussian territory,

French literature: Céline and Drieu: …and Mort à credit (1936; Death on the Installment Plan), were radically experimental in form and language. They give a dark account of the machinery of repressive authoritarianism and the operations of capitalist ambition in war and peace, and across continents. With hindsight, Céline’s novels can be seen as portraying…

Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano’s plays include a tragedy, La Mort d’Agrippine (published 1654, “The Death of Agrippine”), which was suspected of blasphemy, and a comedy, Le Pédant joué (published 1654; “The Pedant Imitated”). As long as classicism was the established taste, Le Pédant joué, a colossal piece of fooling, was despised; but its…

adverse possession: …known as the assize of mort d’ancestor. After the 17th century more expeditious legal actions were developed.

Jean-Pierre Léaud: …Mort de Louis XIV (2016; The Death of Louis XIV), Léaud was cast in the title role, and he portrayed a veteran actor dealing with mortality in Le Lion est mort ce soir (2017; The Lion Sleeps Tonight).

French literature: Prose literature: …Mort le Roi Artu (The Death of King Arthur), powerfully describing the collapse of the Arthurian world. The Tristan legend was reworked and extended in prose. To spin out their romances while maintaining their public’s interest, authors wove in many characters and adventures, producing complex interlacing patterns, which Sir…

American literature: Deep image poets: …and the quieter poems in Mortal Acts, Mortal Words (1980) are among the most rhetorically effective works in contemporary poetry.

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn: The brief The Mortal Danger (1980), translated from an essay Solzhenitsyn wrote for the journal Foreign Affairs, analyzes what he perceived to be the perils of American misconceptions about Russia. In 1983 an extensively expanded and revised version of August 1914 appeared in Russian as the first…

Mortal Kombat, video game series in the fighting genre created by the Midway Manufacturing Company of the United States. Mortal Kombat debuted as a two-dimensional arcade game in 1992 and went on to become one of the most popular video games in the 1990s. The original arcade game spawned many

mortal sin, in Roman Catholic theology, the gravest of sins, representing a deliberate turning away from God and destroying charity (love) in the heart of the sinner. A mortal sin is defined as a grave action that is committed in full knowledge of its gravity and with the full consent of the

Christopher Hitchens: Mortality, comprising essays written in the wake of his cancer diagnosis, was published the following year. And Yet…(2015) assembles essays on a wide variety of topics.

immortality, in philosophy and religion, the indefinite continuation of the mental, spiritual, or physical existence of individual human beings. In many philosophical and religious traditions, immortality is specifically conceived as the continued existence of an immaterial soul or mind beyond the

mortality, in demographic usage, the frequency of death in a population. In general, the risk of death at any given age is less for females than for males, except during the childbearing years (in economically developed societies females have a lower mortality even during those years). The risk of

population ecology: Life tables and the rate of population growth: Differences in life history strategies, which include an organism’s allocation of its time and resources to reproduction and care of offspring, greatly affect population dynamics. As stated above, populations in which individuals reproduce at an early age…

mortar and pestle: The mortar is a durable bowl commonly made of stone, ceramic, or wood. The pestle is a rounded grinding club often made of the same material as the mortar. Together with the saddle quern (a round stone rolled or rubbed on a flat stone bed), the…

mortar, in technology, material used in building construction to bond brick, stone, tile, or concrete blocks into a structure. Mortar consists of inert siliceous (sandy) material mixed with cement and water in such proportions that the resulting substance will be sufficiently plastic to enable

mortar, portable, short-barreled, muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires explosive projectiles at low velocities, short ranges, and high, arcing trajectories. The weapon is contrasted with larger artillery pieces, which fire at high velocities, long ranges, and low, direct trajectories. A