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morsel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Morsel  \Mor"sel\,  n.  [OF.  morsel,  F.  morceau,  LL  morsellus  a 
  dim.  fr  L.  morsus  a  biting,  bite,  fr  mordere  to  bite;  prob. 
  akin  to  E.  smart.  See  {Smart},  and  cf  {Morceau},  {Mordant}, 
  {Muse},  v.,  {Muzzle},  n.] 
  1.  A  little  bite  or  bit  of  food.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Every  morsel  to  a  satisfied  hunger  is  only  a  new 
  labor  to  a  tired  digestion.  --South. 
 
  2.  A  small  quantity;  a  little  piece;  a  fragment. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  morsel 
  n  1:  a  small  quantity  of  anything  "a  morsel  of  paper  was  all  he 
  needed" 
  2:  a  small  amount  of  solid  food;  a  mouthful;  "all  they  had  left 
  was  a  bit  of  bread"  [syn:  {bit},  {bite}] 




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