"morcel" meaning in English

See morcel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: morcels [plural]
Etymology: See morsel. Head templates: {{en-noun}} morcel (plural morcels)
  1. Obsolete spelling of morsel. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: morsel
    Sense id: en-morcel-en-noun-89TPCX1W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See morsel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morcels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "morcel (plural morcels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "morsel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1896, W. M. Metcalfe and John Barbour, Legends of the Saints, published 1896, page 74",
          "text": "Bvt he to comfort vs one ane sad “to qyham I gyf now ye morcel of bred of jow, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1821 April 20, in Henry Stratford Persse, To the Land of the Free from This Island of Slaves, Cork University Press (1998), page 88",
          "text": "We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of morsel."
      ],
      "id": "en-morcel-en-noun-89TPCX1W",
      "links": [
        [
          "morsel",
          "morsel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morcel"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "See morsel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morcels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "morcel (plural morcels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "morsel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English obsolete forms",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1896, W. M. Metcalfe and John Barbour, Legends of the Saints, published 1896, page 74",
          "text": "Bvt he to comfort vs one ane sad “to qyham I gyf now ye morcel of bred of jow, […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1821 April 20, in Henry Stratford Persse, To the Land of the Free from This Island of Slaves, Cork University Press (1998), page 88",
          "text": "We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of morsel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "morsel",
          "morsel#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morcel"
}

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