Mourn"ing , a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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.
Mourning
bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened
heads. -- Mourning dove (Zoöl.), 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
(Zoöl.), 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.
Mourn"ing , n. [AS. murnung.]
1. The act of
sorrowing or expressing grief;
lamentation; sorrow.
2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a
badge of somber black.
The houses to their tops with black were spread,
And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
Dryden. Deep mourning. See under Deep.
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