Morgue, n.

(mōrg), n. [Fr. morgue, place where bodies found dead are exposed, room at the entrance of a prison, grave, serious look, morguer, to brave, defy, be insolent, from Celt. moraich, moraigh, moruigh, mawriaw, to enlarge, magnify, from mor, mawr, meur, great, large, proud, lofty, haughty.] A place, in many towns in France, where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be claimed by their friends.