Mōr'kin, n.

n. [Fr. mort, dead, Lat. mortuus, and the diminutive termination kin, or more probably allied to Sw. murken, putrefied, Icel. mor-kinn, putrid, Sw. murkna, Icel. morkna, to be putrid, L. Ger. murken, murksen, to cut, kill, Goth. maurgjan, to shorten, O. H. Ger. murg, short.] A beast that has died by sickness or mischance. [Obs.] “Some sorry morkin that untimely dies.” Hall.