n. [ AS. murnung. ] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. [ 1913 Webster ]

The houses to their tops with black were spread,
And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep mourning. See under Deep. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. --
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. --
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mourning manner. [ 1913 Webster ]