morcel

English

Etymology

See morsel.

Noun

morcel (plural morcels)

1. Obsolete spelling of morsel.
   • 1896, W. M. Metcalfe and John Barbour, Legends of the Saints, published 1896, page 74:

     Bvt he to comfort vs one ane sad “to qyham I gyf now ye morcel of bred of jow, […]

   • 1821 April 20, in Henry Stratford Persse, To the Land of the Free from This Island of Slaves, Cork University Press (1998), page 88:

     We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food.

Anagrams

• cormel