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Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.]
1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;
sorrow.
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2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.
clothing or a badge of somber black.
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The houses to their tops with black were spread,
And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
--Dryden.
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{Deep mourning}. See under {Deep}.
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Mourn \Mourn\ (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}
(m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to
OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma['u]rnan.]
1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be
sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or
sadness.
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Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. --Gen. xxiii.
2.
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2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
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We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
--Shak.
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Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
--Pope.
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Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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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.
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{Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.

{Mourning dove} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), 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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