Associations to the word «Morion»

Wiktionary

MORION, noun. (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever. [from 16th c.]
MORION, noun. (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

MORION, noun. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope