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morse

Pronunciation: (môrs), [key]
—n. Eccles.
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.

Morse

Pronunciation: (môrs), [key]
—n.
1. Jed•i•di•ah Pronunciation: (jed"i-dī'u), [key] 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
2. Samuel F(in•ley) B(reese) Pronunciation: (fin'lē brēz), [key] 1791–1872, U.S. artist and inventor: developer of the first successful telegraph in the U.S.; inventor of the most commonly used telegraphic code system.
3. See Morse code.
4. a male given name, form of Maurice.

—adj.
1. noting or pertaining to the Morse code or the system of communications using it.
2. pertaining to any code resembling the Morse code.

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