Noah Webster
Morrice
MOR'RICE
MOR'RIS
MOR'RIS-DANCE, noun A moorish dance; a dance in imitation of the Moors, as sarabands, chacons, etc. usually performed with castanets, tambours, etc. by young men in their shirts, with bells at their feet and ribbons of various colors tied round their arms and flung across their shoulders.
Nine men's morrice a kind or play with nine holes in the ground.