MITRALMi"tral, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mitral. See Miter.]
Defn: Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.
MITREMi"tre, n. & v.
Defn: See Miter.
MITRIFORMMit"ri*form, a. Etym: [Miter + -form: cf. F. mitriforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap; as, a mitriform calyptra. Gray.
MITTMitt, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. mitten.]
Defn: A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.
MITTEN Mit"ten, n. Etym: [OE. mitaine, meteyn, F. mitaine, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. miotog, Gael. miotag, Ir. & Gael. mutan a muff, a thick glove. Cf. Mitt.]
1. A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger. Chaucer.
2. A cover for the wrist and forearm. To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] — To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]
MITTENEDMit"tened, a.
Defn: Covered with a mitten or mittens. "Mittened hands." Whittier.
MITTENTMit"tent, a. Etym: [L. mittens, p.pr. of mittere to send.]
Defn: Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.] Wiseman.
MITTIMUS Mit"ti*mus, n. Etym: [L., we send, fr. mittere to send.] (Law) (a) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill. (b) A writ for removing records from one court to another. Brande & C.
MITTLER'S GREENMitt"ler's green`. (Chem.)
Defn: A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.
MITTYMit"ty, n.
Defn: The stormy petrel. [Prov. Eng.]
MITUMi"tu, n. Etym: [Braz. mitu poranga.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American curassow of the genus Mitua.
MITYMit"y, a. Etym: [From Mite.]
Defn: Having, or abounding with, mites.
MIX Mix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] Etym: [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]
1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak.
2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8.
3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.
MIXMix, v. i.
1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
2. To associate; to mingle. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron.
MIXABLEMix"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being mixed.
MIXEDMixed, a.
Defn: Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and apersonal action.— Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle.— Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds offiber, as a poplin.— Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races orreligions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and aProtestant.— Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together.— Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger andfreight cars.— Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united inthe same performance.
MIXEDLYMix"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a mixed or mingled manner.
MIXEN Mix"en, n. Etym: [AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See Mist.]
Defn: A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson.
MIXERMix"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, mixes.
MIXOGAMOUSMix*og"a*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pairing with several males; — said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
MIXOLYDIAN MODEMix`o*lyd"i*an mode`. Etym: [Gr. Lydian.] (Mus.)
Defn: The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.
MIXTILINEAL; MIXTILINEAR Mix`ti*lin"e*al, Mix`ti*lin"e*ar, a. Etym: [L. mixtus mixed (p.p. of miscere to mix) + E. lineal, linear.]
Defn: Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve. [R.]
MIXTIONMix"tion, n. Etym: [L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion,Mix.]
1. Mixture. [Obs.]
2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
MIXTLYMixt"ly, adv.
Defn: With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon.
MIXTURE Mix"ture, n. Etym: [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]
1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker.
2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; — also, a medley. There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. Atterbury.
3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. Addison.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.
5. (Physics & Chem.)
Defn: A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; — contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; — called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.
Syn.— Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
MIZMAZEMiz"maze`, n.
Defn: A maze or labyrinth. [Obs.]
MIZZEN Miz"zen, a. Etym: [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See Mezzo.] (Naut.)
Defn: Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.
MIZZENMiz"zen, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.
MIZZENMASTMiz"zen*mast, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel.
MIZZLEMiz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mizzling.]Etym: [See Misle, and cf. Mistle.]
1. To rain in very fine drops. Spenser.
2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang] As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. Epigram, quoted by Wright.
MIZZLEMiz"zle, n.
Defn: Mist; fine rain.
MIZZY Miz"zy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. moisi moldy, musty, p.p. of moisir to mold, fr. L. mucere to be moldy.]
Defn: A bog or quagmire. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
M'-NAUGHTM'-Naught" (mak*nalt"), v. t. (Steam Engines)
Defn: To increase the power of (a single-cylinder beam engine) by adding a small high-pressure cylinder with a piston acting on the beam between the center and the flywheel end, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, — a plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.
MNEMONIC; MNEMONICALMne*mon"ic, Mne*mon"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. mind.]
Defn: Assisting in memory.
MNEMONICIANMne`mo*ni"cian, n.
Defn: One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.
MNEMONICSMne*mon"ics, n. Etym: [Gr. mnémonique.]
Defn: The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.
MNEMOSYNEMne*mos"y*ne, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Mnemonic.] (Class Myth.)
Defn: The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.
MNEMOTECHNYMne"mo*tech`ny, n. Etym: [Gr. mnémotechnie.]
Defn: Mnemonics.
MOMo, a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] Etym: [AS. ma. See More.]
Defn: More; — usually, more in number. [Obs.]An hundred thousand mo. Chaucer.Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. Fuller.
-MO -mo.
Defn: A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16°, 18°, etc.
MOAMo"a, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich.
MOABITEMo"ab*ite, n.
Defn: One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.)Also used adjectively.
MOABITESSMo"ab*i`tess, n.
Defn: A female Moabite. Ruth i. 22.
MOABITE STONEMo"ab*ite stone. (Archæol.)
Defn: A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phonician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27).
MOABITISHMo"ab*i`tish, a.
Defn: Moabite. Ruth ii. 6.
MOANMoan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] Etym:[AS. m to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. adifferent word. Cf. Mean to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson. Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; — said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
MOANMoan, v. t.
1. To bewail audibly; to lament. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.
2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] Which infinitely moans me. Beau. & Fl.
MOANMoan, n. Etym: [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.]
1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. Sullen moans, hollow groans. Pope.
2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; — of things. Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. Byron.
MOANFULMoan"ful, a.
Defn: Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.— Moan"ful*ly, adv.
MOAT Moat, n. Etym: [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf. Sp. & Pg. mota bank or mound of earth, It. motta clod, LL. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. G. mott bog earth heaped up; or perh. F. motte, and OF. mote, are from a LL. p.p. of L. movere to move (see Move). The name of moat, properly meaning, bank or mound, was transferred to the ditch adjoining: cf. F. dike and ditch.] (Fort.)
Defn: A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
MOATMoat, v. t.
Defn: To surround with a moat. Dryden.
MOATEMoate, v. i. Etym: [See Mute to molt.]
Defn: To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute. [Obs.]
MOBMob, n. Etym: [See Mobcap.]
Defn: A mobcap. Goldsmith.
MOBMob, v. t.
Defn: To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]
MOBMob, n. Etym: [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. SeeMobile, n.]
1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest partof it.A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters.Addison.
2. Hence: A throgn; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law. — Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] Dickens.
MOBMob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.]
Defn: To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.
MOBBISHMob"bish, a.
Defn: Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. Bp. Kent.
MOBCAP Mob"cap`, n. Etym: [D. mop-muts; OD. mop a woman's coif + D. muts cap.]
Defn: A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself. Thackeray.
MOBILEMo"bile, a. Etym: [L. mobilis, for movibilis, fr. movere to move: cf.F. mobile. See Move.]
1. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. "Fixed or else mobile." Skelton.
2. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; — opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Testament of Love. The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. Hawthorne.
4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.
5. (Physiol.)
Defn: Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
MOBILEMo"bile, n. Etym: [L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d Mob.]
Defn: The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking mobile." South.
MOBILITYMo*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. mobilitas: cf. F. mobilité.]
1. The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle. Sir T. Browne.
2. The mob; the lower classes. [Humorous] Dryden.
MOBILIZATIONMob`i*li*za"tion, n. Etym: [F. mobilization.]
Defn: The act of mobilizing.
MOBILIZEMob"i*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Mobilizing.] Etym: [F. mobiliser.]
Defn: To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.
MOBLEMo"ble, v. t. Etym: [From Mob to wrap up.]
Defn: To wrap the head of in a hood. [Obs.] Shak.
MOBLESMo"bles, n. pl.
Defn: See Moebles. [Obs.]
MOBOCRACYMob*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.]
Defn: A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.
MOBOCRATMob"o*crat, n.
Defn: One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne.
MOBOCRATICMob`o*crat"ic, a.
Defn: Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.
MOCCASIN Moc"ca*sin, n. Etym: [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.] [Sometimes written moccason.]
1. A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.
MOCCASINEDMoc"ca*sined, a.
Defn: Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. "Moccasined feet." Harper's Mag.
MOCHAMo"cha, n.
1. A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.
2. A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.
3. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain. Mocha stone (Min.), moss agate.
MOCHEMoche, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A bale of raw silk.
MOCHEMoche, a.
Defn: Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MOCHELMoch"el, a. & adv.
Defn: Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MOCHILAMo*chi"la, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [WesternU.S.]
MOCKMock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] Etym: [F.moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken,OSw. mucka.]
1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. Shak. Mocking marriage with a dame of France. Shak.
2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. Gray.
3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mockexpectation.Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. Judg. xvi. 13.He will not … Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.Milton.
Syn.— To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. SeeDeride.
MOCKMock, v. i.
Defn: To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful orjeering manner.When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed Job xi. 3.She had mocked at his proposal. Froude.
MOCKMock, n.
1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer. Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9.
2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.
MOCKMock, a.
Defn: Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;sham.That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator.Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs(Discopleura) growing in wet places.— Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem.— Mock lead. See Blende (a).— Mock nightingale (Zoöl.), the European blackcap.— Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs(Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P.coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds arenearly scentless.— Mock sun. See Parhelion.— Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or othermeat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup.— Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.
MOCKABLEMock"a*ble, a.
Defn: Such as can be mocked. Shak.
MOCKADOMock"a*do, n.
Defn: A stuff made in imitation of velvet; — probably the same asmock velvet. [Obs.]Our rich mockado doublet. Ford.
MOCKADOURMock"a*dour, n.
Defn: See Mokadour. [Obs.]
MOCKAGEMock"age, n.
Defn: Mockery. [Obs.] Fuller.
MOCKBIRDMock"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).
MOCKERMock"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.
2. A deceiver; an impostor.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.
MOCKERYMock"er*y, n.; pl. Mockeries. Etym: [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. Law. And bear about the mockery of woe. Pope.
2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. Spenser.
3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. 2 Macc. viii. 17.
MOCKINGMock"ing, a.
Defn: Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. — Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). — Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.
MOCKINGLYMock"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
MOCKINGSTOCKMock"ing*stock`, n.
Defn: A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]
MOCKISHMock"ish, a.
Defn: Mock; counterfeit; sham. [Obs.]
MOCKLEMoc"kle, a.
Defn: See Mickle.
MOCOMo"co, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; — called also rock cavy.
MODALMo"dal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. modal. See Mode.]
1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality. Glanvill.
2. (Logic & Metaph.)
Defn: Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.
MODALISTMo"dal*ist, n. (Theol.)
Defn: One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. Eadie.
MODALITYMo*dal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. modalité.]
1. The quality or state of being modal.
2. (Logic & Metaph.)
Defn: A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.
MODALLYMo"dal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a modal manner. A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally … by the particles "as" and "so." Gibbs.
MODEMode, n. Etym: [L. modus a measure, due or proper measure, bound,manner, form; akin to E. mete: cf. F. mode. See Mete, and cf.Commodious, Mood in grammar, Modus.]
1. Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing. The duty of itself being resolved on, the mode of doing it may easily be found. Jer. Taylor. A table richly spread in regal mode. Milton.
2. Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode. The easy, apathetic graces of a man of the mode. Macaulay.
3. Variety; gradation; degree. Pope.
4. (Metaph.)
Defn: Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter. Modes I call such complex ideas, which, however compounded, contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies on, or affections of, substances. Locke.
5. (Logic)
Defn: The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.
6. (Gram.)
Defn: Same as Mood.
7. (Mus.)
Defn: The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
Note: In modern music, only the major and the minor mode, of whatever key, are recognized.
8. A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.
Syn.— Method; manner. See Method.
MODELMod"el, n. Etym: [F. modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus,fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf.Module.]
1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison.
2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine. [The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it. Am. Cyc. When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. Shak.
3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.
5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. Shak.
6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. A professional model. H. James. Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected to do.
MODELMod"el, a.
Defn: Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
MODELMod"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeled or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Modeling or Modelling.] Etym: [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.]
Defn: To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
MODELMod"el, v. i. (Fine Arts)
Defn: To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
MODELERMod"el*er, n.
Defn: One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]
MODELINGMod"el*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.] Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. — Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, — used in modeling.
MODELIZEMod"el*ize, v. t.
Defn: To model. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
MODENAMod"e*na, n. Etym: [From Modena, in Italy.]
Defn: A certain crimsonlike color. Good.
MODENESEMod`e*nese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants.— n. sing. & pl.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.
MODERMo"der, n. Etym: [OE. See Mother female parent.]
1. A mother. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.]
MODERMod"er, v. t.
Defn: To moderate. [Obs.]
MODERABLEMod"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. moderabilis.]
Defn: Modeate; temperate. [Obs.]
MODERANCEMod"er*ance, n.
Defn: Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.
MODERATE Mod"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. moderatus, p.p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode.]
Defn: Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist. A number of moderate members managed … to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift.
(d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. "Moderate showers." Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker.
MODERATEMod"er*ate, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
MODERATEMod"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. & vb. n.Moderating.]
1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser.
2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
MODERATEMod"er*ate, v. i.
1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
2. To preside as a moderator. Dr. Barlow [was] engaged … to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693).
MODERATELYMod"er*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.
MODERATENESSMod"er*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
MODERATIONMod`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. moderatio: cf. F. modération.]
1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope.
3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley.
4. pl.
Defn: The first public examinations for degrees at the University ofOxford; — usually contracted to mods.
MODERATISMMod"er*a*tism, n.
Defn: Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.
MODERATOMod`e*ra"to, a. & adv. Etym: [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.)
Defn: With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. — Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.
MODERATORMod"er*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. modérateur.]
1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh. Angling was … a moderator of passions. Walton.
2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
4. A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
MODERATORSHIPMod"er*a`tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a moderator.
MODERATRESSMod"er*a`tress, n.
Defn: A female moderator. Fuller.
MODERATRIXMod"er*a`trix, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A female moderator.
MODERN Mod"ern, a. Etym: [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.]
1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon.
2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English.
MODERNMod"ern, n.
Defn: A person of modern times; — opposed to ancient. Pope.
MODERNISMMod"ern*ism, n.
Defn: Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
MODERNISTMod"ern*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. moderniste.]
Defn: One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.
MODERNITYMo*der"ni*ty, n.
Defn: Modernness; something modern. Walpole.
MODERNIZATIONMod`ern*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
MODERNIZEMod"ern*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n.Modernizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. moderniser.]
Defn: To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.
MODERNIZERMod"ern*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who modernizes.
MODERNLYMod"ern*ly, adv.
Defn: In modern times. Milton.
MODERNNESSMod"ern*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M.Arnold.
MODESTMod"est, a. Etym: [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus measure. SeeMode.]
1. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
2. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; — said of a woman. Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. Shak. The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Dryden.
3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
Syn. — Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy; decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous.
MODESTLYMod"est*ly, adv.
Defn: In a modest manner.
MODESTYMod"es*ty, n. Etym: [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See Modest.]
1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.
2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. Shak. Modesty piece, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] Addison.
Syn.— Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See Bashfulness, andHumility.
MODICITYMo*dic"i*ty, n. Etym: [LL. modicitas; cf. F. modicité.]
Defn: Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.]
MODICUMMod"i*cum, n. Etym: [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.]
Defn: A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums ofwit." Shak.Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.
MODIFIABILITYMod`i*fi`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.
MODIFIABLEMod"i*fi`a*ble, a. Etym: [From Modify.]
Defn: Capable of being modified; liable to modification.
MODIFICABLEMo*dif"i*ca*ble, a.
Defn: Modifiable. [Obs.]
MODIFICATEMod"i*fi*cate, v. t. Etym: [See Modify.]
Defn: To qualify. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
MODIFICATION Mod`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify.]
Defn: The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.
MODIFICATIVEMod"i*fi*ca*tive, n.
Defn: That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
MODIFICATORYMod"i*fi*ca`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max Müller.
MODIFIERMod"i*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, modifies. Hume.
MODIFYMod"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modified; p. pr. & vb. n. Modifying.]Etym: [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare(in comp.) to make. See Mode, and -fy.]
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree. Dryden.
MODILLIONMo*dil"lion, n. Etym: [F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. Module, n.](Arch.)
Defn: The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; — so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
MODIOLAR Mo*di"o*lar, a. Etym: [L. modiolus, dim. of modius the Roman corn measure.]
Defn: Shaped like a bushel measure.
MODIOLUSMo*di"o*lus, n.; pl. Modioli. Etym: [L., a small measure.] (Anat.)
Defn: The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.
MODISHMod"ish, a.
Defn: According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow. — Mod"ish*ly, adv. — Mod"ish*ness, n.
MODISTMod"ist, n.
Defn: One who follows the fashion.
MODISTEMo`diste", n. Etym: [F. See Mode, and cf. Modist.]
Defn: A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.
MODIUSMo"di*us, n.; pl. Modii. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A dry measure, containing about a peck.
MODOCSMo"docs, n. pl.; sing. Modoc (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting NorthernCalifornia. They are nearly extinct.
MODULARMod"u*lar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.
MODULATEMod"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Modulating.] Etym: [L. modulatus, p.p. of modulari to measure, tomodulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter, melody, dim. of modus.See Mode.]
1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many Broome.
MODULATEMod"u*late, v. i. (Mus.)
Defn: To pass from one key into another.
MODULATIONMod`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.]
1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] Thomson.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.
MODULATORMod"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, modulates. Denham.
MODULEMod"ule, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus.See Mode, and cf. Model, Modulus, Mold a matrix.]
1. A model or measure.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.
MODULEMod"ule, v. t. Etym: [See module, n., Modulate.]
Defn: To model; also, to modulate. [Obs.] Sandys. Drayton.
MODULUS Mod"u*lus, n.; pl. Moduli. Etym: [L., a small measure. See Module, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics)
Defn: A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. Modulus of a machine, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; — called also the efficiency of the machine. Mosley. Rankine. — Modulus of a system of logarithms (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. — Modulus of elasticity. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; — called also Young's modulus. — Modulus of rupture, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support. Rankine.
MODUSMo"dus, n.; pl. Modi. Etym: [L. See Mode.] (Old Law)
1. The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
2. (Law)
Defn: A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like. Bracton.
3. (Law)
Defn: A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment oftithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.Blackstone.They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition. Landor.Modus operandi ( Etym: [L.], manner of operating.
MODUS VIVENDIMo"dus vi*ven"di. [L.]
Defn: Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled.
MODYMod"y, a. Etym: [From Mode.]
Defn: Fashionable. [R.]
MOEMoe, n.
Defn: A wry face or mouth; a mow. [Obs.]
MOEMoe, v. i.
Defn: To make faces; to mow. [Obs.]
MOEMoe, a., adv., & n. Etym: [AS. ma See More.]
Defn: More. See Mo. [Obs.] "Sing no more ditties, sing no moe." Shak.
MOEBLES Moe"bles, n. pl. Etym: [OE., fr. OF. moeble, mueble, movable, from L. mobilis.]
Defn: Movables; furniture; — also used in the singular (moeble).[Obs.] Chaucer.
MOELLINEMo"el*line, n. Etym: [F. moelle, fr. L. medulla marrow.]
Defn: An unguent for the hair.
MOELLONMo"el*lon, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Rubble masonry.
MOESOGOTHICMoe`so*goth"ic, a.
Defn: Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia.
MOESOGOTHICMoe`so*goth"ic, n.
Defn: The language of the Moesogoths; — also called Gothic.
MOEVEMoeve, v. t. & i.
Defn: To move. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MOFFMoff, n.
Defn: A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.
MOG Mog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Mogging.] [Etym. unknown.]
Defn: To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]
MOGGANMog"gan, n.
Defn: A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material. [Scot.]
MOGULMo*gul", n. Etym: [From the Mongolian.]
1. A person of the Mongolian race.
2. (Railroad)
Defn: A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; — sometimes only mogul. Dryden.
MOHAMo"ha, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.
MOHAIR Mo"hair`, n. Etym: [F. moire, perh. from Ar. mukhayyar a kind of coarse camelot or haircloth; but prob. fr. L. marmoreus of marble, resembling marble. Cf. Moire, Marble.]
Defn: The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.
MOHAMMEDAN Mo*ham"med*an, a. Etym: [From Mohammed, fr. Ar. muhámmad praiseworthy, highly praised.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed. [Written also Mahometan, Mahomedan, Muhammadan, etc.]
MOHAMMEDANMo*ham"med*an, n.
Defn: A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism.
MOHAMMEDAN CALENDARMo*ham"med*an cal"en*dar.
Defn: A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira, 622 a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days. By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.
Months of the Mohammedan year.
1 Muharram . . . .. 30 2 Safar . . . . . . .. 29 3 Rabia I . . . . . . 30 4 Rabia II . . . .. 29 5 Jumada I . . . .. 30 6 Jumada II . . . . 29 7 Rajab . . . . . . .. 30 8 Shaban . . . . . . . 29 9 Ramadan . . . . . . 30 10 Shawwal . . . . . . 29 11 Zu'lkadah . . . . 30 12 Zu'lhijjah . . . 29* * in leap year, 30 days
a. h. a. d. a. h. a. d.
1317 begins May 12, 1899 1336* begins Oct.17, 1917 1318 May 1, 1900 1337 Oct. 7, 1918 1319* Apr.20, 1901 1338* Sept.26,1919 1320 Apr.10, 1902 1339 Sept.15,1920 1321+ Mar.30, 1903 1340 Sept.4, 1921 1322* Mar.18, 1904 1341* Aug.24, 1922 1323 Mar. 8, 1905 1342 Aug.14, 1923 1324 Feb.25, 1906 1343 Aug. 2, 1924 1325* Feb.14, 1907 1344* July 22,1925 1326 Feb. 4, 1908 1345 July 12,1926 1327* Jan.23, 1909 1346* July 1, 1927 1328 Jan.13, 1910 1347 June 20,1928 1329 Jan. 2, 1911 1348 June 9, 1929 1330* Dec.22, 1911 1349* May 29, 1930 1331 Dec.11, 1912 1350 May 19, 1931 1332 Nov.30, 1913 1351++ May 7, 1932 1333* Nov.19, 1914 1352* Apr.26, 1933 1334 Nov. 9, 1915 1353 Apr.16, 1934 1335 Oct.28, 1916 1354 Apr. 5, 1935 * Leap year + First year of the 45th cycle ++ First year of the 46th cycle
The following general rule for finding the date of commencement of any Mohammedan year has a maximum error of a day: Multiply 970,224 by the Mohammedan year, point off six decimal places, and add 621.5774. The whole number will be the year a. d., and the decimal multiplied by 365 will give the day of the year.
MOHAMMEDAN ERAMohammedan Era.
Defn: The era in use in Mohammedan countries. See Mohammedan year, below.
MOHAMMEDANISM; MOHAMMEDISMMo*ham"med*an*ism, Mo*ham"med*ism, n.
Defn: The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism.
MOHAMMEDANIZE; MOHAMMEDIZEMo*ham"med*an*ize, Mo*ham"med*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, ofMohammedanism. [Written also Mahometanize.]
MOHAMMEDAN YEARMohammedan year.
Defn: The year used by Mohammedans, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so that they retrograde through all the seasons in about 32½ years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year 622 a.d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 begin Nov. 30, 1913, acording to the Gregorian calendar.
MOHAWKMo"hawk, n.
1. (Ethnol.)
Defn: One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations.They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.
2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians. [Slang] Spectator. Macaulay.
MOHICANSMo*hi"cans, n. pl.; sing. Mohican (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited WesternConnecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]
MOHOMo"ho, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting NewZealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight.See Notornis.
MOHOCKMo"hock, n.
Defn: See Mohawk.
MOHOLIMo*ho"li, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Maholi.
MOHRMohr, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on which are eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the species which produce bezoar. [Written also mhorr.]
MOHUR Mo"hur, n. Etym: [Hind., fr. Per. muhur, muhr, a gold coin, a seal, seal ring.]
Defn: A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21. Malcom.
MOHURRUM; MUHARRAM Mo*hur"rum, Mu*har"ram, n. Etym: [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.]
1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. Whitworth.
2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.
MOIDERMoi"der, v. i.
Defn: To toil. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
MOIDORE Moi"dore, n. Etym: [Pg. moeda d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and Aureate.]
Defn: A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.
MOIETY Moi"e*ty, n.; pl. Moieties. Etym: [F. moitié, L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety.]
1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. Shak. The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. Addison.
2. An indefinite part; a small part. Shak.
MOILMoil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling.] Etym:[OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr.(assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify.]