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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mourning \mourn"ing\, n. as. murnung.
   1. the act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;
      sorrow.
      1913 webster

   2. garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.
      clothing or a badge of somber black.
      1913 webster

            the houses to their tops with black were spread,
            and ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   deep mourning. see under deep.
      1913 webster
see also:
deep mourning deep 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mourn \mourn\ m=orn, v. i. imp.  p. p. mourned
   m=ornd; p. pr.  vb. n. mourning. as. murnan; akin to
   os. mornian, ohg. mornen, goth. ma'urnan.
   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.
      1913 webster

            abraham came to mourn for sarah, and to weep for
            her.                                  --gen. xxiii.
                                                  2.
      1913 webster

   2. to wear the customary garb of a mourner.
      1913 webster

            we mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
mourned mourning 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mourning \mourn"ing\, a.
   1. grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
mourning bride scabiosa atropurpurea mourning dove zenaidura macroura carolina dove dove 
mourning warbler geothlypis philadelphia 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mourning
     adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
           syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving,
            mourninga, sorrowinga
     n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
          syn: bereavement
     2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing
        grief syn: lamentation
see also:
bereaved bereft grief-stricken grieving mourninga sorrowinga 
bereavement lamentation 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 moby thesaurus words for "mourning":
   anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, black, crape, cypress,
   cypress lawn, deep mourning, desolation, despair, despondency,
   grief, grieving, heartache, howling, in mourning, keening, lament,
   lamentation, lamenting, loss, melancholy, misery, moaning,
   mourning band, sackcloth, sackcloth and ashes, sadness, sorrow,
   sorrowing, ululation, wailing, weeds, weeping, woe, woefulness,
   yew




[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
mourning. this word has several significations. 1. it is the apparel worn at 
funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the 
death of some one, and to honor his memory. 2. the expenses paid for such 
apparel. 
     2. it has been held in england, that a demand for mourning furnished to 
the widow and family of the testator, is not a funeral expense. 2 carr.  p. 
207. vide 14 ves. 346; 1 ves.  bea. 364. see 2 bell's comm. 156. 




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Mourning Dove
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