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Morion vs Porion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between morion and porion

is that morion is (historical) a kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever or morion can be (mineralogy) a brown or black variety of quartz while porion is (anatomy) the point on the human skull located at the upper margin of each ear canal, and underlying the tragus.

morion

English

(wikipedia morion)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) morion, and its source, (etyl) . Perhaps compare moraine.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.
  • *, II.9:
    • The Roman footmen caried not their morions , sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero ) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p.12:
    • The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) morion, from morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for (etyl) mormorion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz.

    • Anagrams

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    porion

    English

    Noun

    (poria) (wikipedia porion)
  • (anatomy) The point on the human skull located at the upper margin of each ear canal, and underlying the tragus.