Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MOR'KIN
MO-RIS'CO, or MO'RISKMOR'LAND, or MORE-LAND
MOR'KIN, n. [Sw. murken, putrefied; or Fr. mort, L. mortuus, dead, and kin, kind.]
Among hunters, a beast that has died by sickness or mischance. Bailey.
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