See also:

• MORA, JOSE (1638-1725)
• MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)

MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)  , a See also:

• GAME

game, universally popular in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in which one player endeavours to guess instantly the number of fingers held up by the other . See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian sculptors represent a game of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and it was played by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, who called it micare digitis, or See also:

• FINGER

finger-flashing . It is known to the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and to certain tribes of the Pacific Islands . There are several methods of playing See also:

• MORA, JOSE (1638-1725)
• MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)

mora, but in the one most See also:

• COMMON

common in Italy the two players, placed See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face to face, throw out at the same instant one or more fingers of one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, each crying out simultaneously a number guessed to be that of his adversary's exposed fingers . A correct guess See also:

• COUNTS

counts one; if both guess correctly or wrongly there is no See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score . The game, which is generally five or nine points, is played for stakes, and with extraordinary swiftness .