Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOR'SEL, n. [from L. morsus, a bite, from mordeo.]

1. A bite; a mouthful; a small piece of food. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.
2. A piece; a meal; something to be eaten. On these herbs and fruits and flowers / Feed first on each beast next and fish and fowl, / No homely morsels. Milton.
3. A small quantity of something not eatable. [Improper.] Boyle.