The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mortress \Mor"tress\, Mortrew \Mor"trew\, n. [See Mortar.]
A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an
ollapodrida.
--Chaucer.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of mortrew English)
Usage examples of "mortress".
I had but sat down to a flask of malvoisie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.