Orris vs Morris - What's the difference?
orris | morris |
Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially .
The fragrant root of such an iris.
* 1826 , Samuel Adams, Sarah Adams, The Complete Servant ,
* 1998', Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton, '''''Orris'' , entry in ''Rodale?s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs ,
* 2000 , Lady Sabrina, The Witch?s Master Grimoire ,
A type of gold or silver lace.
A pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked, especially one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.
(Webster 1913)
(weapons) A type of pike.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.:
A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
(Webster 1913)
As a noun orris
is any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially or orris can be a type of gold or silver lace.As a proper noun morris is
derived from the norman given name maurice.orris
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(es)page 169,
- Drop twelve drops of genuine oil of rhodium on a lump of loaf-sugar ; grind this wel in a glass mortar, and mix it thoroughly with three pounds of orris powder.
page 406,
- Orris' is the part of the florentine iris you don?t see — the rhizome.The ancient Egyptians and Greeks learned that the bland-smelling ' orris root would take on a remarkable fragrance if dried for at least two years.
page 122,
- Next place your hair, the rose quartz, some of the orris root powder, and the candle drippings into the box.
Etymology 2
Contracted from (orfrays), or from (arras).Noun
(es)- (Johnson)
morris
English
Etymology 1
From (Moorish).Noun
(es)- Another kind of pike called a morris , that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.
