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morrow (iou)



morrow noun. Now dial. & literary. ME.
[Var. of MORN (Old English morgen) with -w- as reflex of Old English -g-.]
= MORNING 1, 2. Also ellipt. as interjection, good morrow, good morning. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
R. S. Thomas Twm went to bed and woke on the grey morrow.
(Usu. with the.) The following day; the morrow (adverbial), on the following day. ME.
B. T. Washington On the morrow I can begin a new day of work.
fig. The time immediately following a particular event. (Foll. by of.) L16.
A. Bullock There was resentment, on the morrow of victory.
Comb.: morrow-mass (obsolete exc. Hist.) the first mass of the day; morrow-speech (obsolete exc. Hist.) a periodical assembly of a guild held on the day following a feast.
morrowless adjective (rare) not subject to time; without end: L19.

godmother (iou)



godmother noun. OE.
[from GOD noun + MOTHER noun1. Cf. GAMMER.]
A female godparent. OE.
FAIRY godmother.
A female sponsor at the consecration of a bell. rare. M19.
godmothership noun the status or position of godmother L17.