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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Morion  \Mo"ri*on\,  n.  [F.  morion,  Sp  morrion;  cf  Sp  morra  the 
  upper  part  of  the  head,  morro  anything  that  is  round.] 
  A  kind  of  open  helmet,  without  visor  or  beaver,  and  somewhat 
  resembling  a  hat. 
 
  A  battered  morion  on  his  brow.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Morion  \Mo"ri*on\,  n.  [G.]  (Min.) 
  A  dark  variety  of  smoky  quartz. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  morion 
  n  :  a  metal  helmet  worn  by  common  soldiers  in  the  16th  century 
  [syn:  {cabasset}] 




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