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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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 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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