MOW Mow, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] Etym: [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
Defn: A wry face. "Make mows at him." Shak.
MOWMow, v. i.
Defn: To make mouths.Nodding, becking, and mowing. Tyndale.
MOWMow, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Mew, a gull.
MOWMow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] Etym: [AS. magan.See May, v.]
Defn: May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] Chaucer.Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. Chaucer.
MOW Mow, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] Etym: [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mawan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. majan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; — with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.
MOWMow, v. i.
Defn: To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
MOWMow, n. Etym: [OE. mowe, AS. m.]
1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
MOWMow, v. t.
Defn: To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
MOWBURNMow"burn`, v. i.
Defn: To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.
MOWEMowe, v.
Defn: See 4th Mow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MOWEMowe, n. & v.
Defn: See 1st & 2d Mow. [Obs.]
MOWERMow"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
MOWINGMow"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.
2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.
MOWNMown, p. p. & a.
Defn: Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field.
MOWYERMow"yer, n.
Defn: A mower. [Obs.]
MOXA Mox"a, n. Etym: [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. ArtemisiaChinensis, and A. moxa.
MOXIEMox"ie, n. Etym: [fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage.]
1. energy; pep.
2. courage, determination.
3. Know-how, expertise. MW10.
MOYAMoy"a, n.
Defn: Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; — so called inSouth America.
MOYLEMoyle, n. & v.
Defn: See Moil, and Moile.
MOZARAB; MOZARABICMoz"a*rab, Moz`a*rab"ic.
Defn: Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.
MOZETTA; MOZZETTAMo*zet"ta, Moz*zet"ta, n. Etym: [It. mozzetta: cf. F. mosette. Cf.Amice a hood or cape.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A cape, with a small hood; — worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.
MR.Mr.. (.
Defn: The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing.See Master, 4.
MRS.Mrs. (.
Defn: The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing.
MUCAMIDEMu*cam"ide, n. Etym: [Mucic + amide.] (Chem.)
Defn: The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
MUCATEMu"cate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of mucic acid.
MUCEMuce, n.
Defn: See Muse, and Muset.
MUCEDINMu*ce"din, n. Etym: [From Mucus.] (Bot. Chem.)
Defn: A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; — formerly called also mucin.
MUCH Much, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More, and Most (, from another root.] Etym: [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. mjök, adv., much. *103. See Mickle.]
1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. Deut. xxviii. 38.
2. Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. Num. xx. 20.
3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MUCHMuch, n.
1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. He that gathered much had nothing over. Ex. xvi. 18.
Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.
2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; somethingconsiderable.And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. Milton.To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.
MUCHMuch, adv. Etym: [Cf. Icel. mjök. See Much, a.]
Defn: To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly."Much suffering heroes." Pope.Thou art much mightier than we. Gen. xxvi. 16.Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips aprince. Prov. xvii. 7.Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. Milton.All left the world much as they found it. Sir W. Temple.
MUCHELMuch"el, a. Etym: [*103. See Mickle.]
Defn: Much. [Obs.]
MUCHNESSMuch"ness, n.
Defn: Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.]The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. W. Whately.Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] "Men's men; gentle orsimple, they 're much of muchness." G. Eliot.
MUCHWHATMuch"what`, adv.
Defn: Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] "Muchwhat after the same manner."Glanvill.
MUCICMu"cic, a. Etym: [L. mucus mucus: cf. F. mucique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.
MUCIDMu"cid, a. Etym: [L. mucidus, fr. L. mucus mucus. See Mucus, and cf.Moist.]
Defn: Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.— Mu"cid*ness, n.
MUCIFICMu*cif"ic, a. Etym: [Mucus + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: Secreting mucus.
MUCIFORMMu"ci*form, a. Etym: [Mucus + -form.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.
MUCIGENMu"ci*gen, n. Etym: [Mucin + -gen.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.
MUCIGENOUSMu*cig"e*nous, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin. The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary protoplasm of the cell. Foster.
MUCILAGE Mu"ci*lage, n. Etym: [F., from L. mucilago a musty juice, fr. mucus mucus, slime. See Mucus.]
1. (Bot. Chem.)
Defn: A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
2. An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
MUCILAGINOUSMu`ci*lag"i*nous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mucilagineux. See Mucilage.]
1. Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.
3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. — Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness, n.
MUCINMu"cin, n. Etym: [From Mucus.]
1. (Bot. Chem.)
Defn: See Mucedin. [Obs.]
2. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.
MUCINOGENMu*cin"o*gen, n. Etym: [Mucin + -gen.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Same as Mucigen.
MUCIPAROUSMu*cip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Mucus + L. parere to produce.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
MUCIVOREMu"ci*vore, n. Etym: [L. mucus slime, mucus + vorare to devour.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An unsect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
MUCKMuck
Defn: , abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.
MUCKMuck, n. Etym: [Icel. myki; akin to D. mög. Cf. Midden.]
1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.
2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.
4. Money; — in contempt.The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl.Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once.— Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers.Knight.
MUCKMuck, a.
Defn: Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
MUCKMuck, v. t.
Defn: To manure with muck.
MUCKENDERMuck"en*der, n. Etym: [Sp. mocador. Cf. Mokadour.]
Defn: A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]
MUCKERMuck"er, n.
Defn: A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person. [Slang]
MUCKERMuck"er, v. t.
Defn: To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.]Udall.
MUCKERERMuck"er*er, n.
Defn: A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]
MUCKINESSMuck"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being mucky.
MUCKLEMuc"kle, a. Etym: [See Mickle.]
Defn: Much. [Obs.]
MUCKMIDDENMuck"mid`den, n.
Defn: A dunghill. [Scot.]
MUCK RAKEMuck rake.
Defn: A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See Muckrake, v. i., below.
MUCK-RAKE; MUCKRAKE; MUCKRAKERMuck"rake`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -raked; p. pr. & vb. n. -raking.]
Defn: To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to muck"rake`, in the above sense, and the noun muck"rak`er, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him.
MUCKSYMuck"sy, a.
Defn: Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R.D. Blackmore.
MUCKWORMMuck"worm`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; — applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope.
MUCKYMuck"y, a.
1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. "Mucky filth." Spenser.
2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser. Mucky money and false felicity. Latimer.
MUCOCELEMu"co*cele, n. Etym: [Mucus + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison.
MUCOIDMu"coid, a. Etym: [Mucus + -oid.]
Defn: Resembling mucus. Dunglison. Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. Quain.
MUCONATEMu"co*nate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of muconic acid.
MUCONICMu*con"ic, a. Etym: [Mucic + itaconic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid.
MUCOPURULENTMu`co*pu"ru*lent, a. Etym: [Mucus + purulent.] (Med.)
Defn: Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.Dunglison.
MUCORMu"cor, n. Etym: [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
MUCOSITYMu*cos"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.
MUCOUSMu"cous, a. Etym: [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane. Mucous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane. — Mucous patches (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. — Mucous tissue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.
MUCOUSNESSMu"cous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.
MUCROMu"cro, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
MUCRONATE; MUCRONATED Mu"cro*nate, Mu"cro*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. mucronatus, fr. mucro a sharp point: cf. F. mucroné.]
Defn: Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. — Mu"cro*nate*ly, adv.
MUCRONULATEMu*cron"u*late, a.
Defn: Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.
MUCULENTMu"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. muculentus, fr. mucus.]
Defn: Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.
MUCUSMu"cus, n. Etym: [L. mucus, muccus; cf. mucere 8be moldy or musty,Gr. muc to release. Cf. Match for striking fire, Moist, Mucilage.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; — improperly so used.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algæ and other plants.
MUCUSINMu"cus*in, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Mucin. [R.]
MUD Mud, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors.]
Defn: Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. — Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. — Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging. — Mud cat. See Catfish. — Mud crab (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. — Mud dab (Zoöl.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. — Mud dauber (Zoöl.), a mud wasp. — Mud devil (Zoöl.), the fellbender. — Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. — Mud eel (Zoöl.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See Siren. — Mud frog (Zoöl.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus). — Mud hen. (Zoöl.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail. — Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] - - Mud minnow (Zoöl.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels. — Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. — Mud puppy (Zoöl.), the menobranchus. — Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] — Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. — Mud wasp (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepæus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
MUDMud, v. t.
1. To bury in mud. [R.] Shak.
2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak.
MUDARMu"dar, n. Etym: [Hind. madar.] (Bot.)
Defn: Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.
MUDARINMu"da*rin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.
MUDDILYMud"di*ly
Defn: , In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.
MUDDINESSMud"di*ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness casued by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.
MUDDLEMud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muddling.]Etym: [From Mud.]
1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.
2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley. Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot.
3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.] They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. Hazlitt.
4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. F. W. Newman.
MUDDLEMud"dle, v. i.
1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] Swift.
2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
MUDDLEMud"dle, n.
Defn: A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens.
MUDDLEHEADMud"dle*head`, n.
Defn: A stupid person. [Colloq.] C. Reade.— Mud"dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens.
MUDDLERMud"dler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, muddles.
MUDDYMud"dy, a. [Compar. Muddier; superl. Muddiest.]
1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. Shak.
4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.
5. Not clear or bright. Swift.
MUDDYMud"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied; p. pr. & vb. n. Muddying.]
1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
2. Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy. Grew.
MUDDY-HEADEDMud"dy-head`ed, a.
Defn: Dull; stupid.
MUDDY-METTLEDMud"dy-met`tled, a.
Defn: Dull-spirited. Shak.
MUDFISH Mud"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European loach. (b) The bowfin. (c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren. (d) The mud minnow.
MUDHOLEMud"hole`, n.
1. A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.
2. (Steam Boilers)
Defn: A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.
MUDIRMu"dir, n.
Defn: Same as Moodir.
MUDSILLMud"sill`, n.
Defn: The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.
MUDSUCKERMud"suck`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A woodcock.
MUDWALLMud"wall`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater. [Written also modwall.]
MUDWORTMud"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).
MUEMue, v. i.
Defn: To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles.
MUEZZINMu*ez"zin, n. Etym: [Ar.]
Defn: A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also mouezzin, mueddin, and muwazzin.]
MUFF Muff, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw. muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D. mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
3. (Glass Manuf.)
Defn: A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
4. Etym: [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to slammer.]
Defn: A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.
5. Etym: [See 4.] (Baseball)
Defn: A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
6. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
MUFFMuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing.]
Defn: To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
MUFFETEEMuf`fe*tee", n.
Defn: A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
MUFFINMuf"fin, n. Etym: [From Muff.]
Defn: A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
MUFFINEERMuf`fin*eer", n.
Defn: A dish for keeping muffins hot.
MUFFISHMuff"ish, a. Etym: [See Muff, 4 & 5.]
Defn: Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]
MUFFLEMuf"fle, n.
Defn: The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; — used esp. of ruminants.
MUFFLEMuf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling.]Etym: [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. SeeMuff.]
1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguishing folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; — often with up. South. The face lies muffled up within the garment. Addison. He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. Dryden. Muffled up in darkness and superstition. Arbuthnot.
2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
MUFFLEMuf"fle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.]
Defn: To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
MUFFLE Muf"fle, n. Etym: [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See Muffle, v. t., Muff.]
1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
2. (Metal.)
Defn: An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
3. (Ceramics)
Defn: A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. Knight.
MUFFLERMuf"fler, n.
1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet. Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her eyes. Shak.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.
4. One who muffles.
MUFLONMuf"lon, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Mouflon.
MUFTIMuf"ti, n.; pl. Muftis. Etym: [Ar. mufti.]
Defn: An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
MUFTIMuf"ti, n.
Defn: Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; — a term derived from the British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]
MUGMug, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.]
1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, — usually cylindrical and without a lip.
2. The face or mouth. [Slang] Thackeray.
MUGGARD Mug"gard, a. Etym: [Cf. G. mucker a sulky person, muckish sullen, peevish, mucken to mutter, grumble.]
Defn: Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]
MUGGER; MUGGAR; MUGGUR Mug"ger, n. Also Mug"gar, Mug"gur. [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.]
Defn: The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the EastIndies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
MUGGETMug"get, n.
Defn: The small entrails of a calf or a hog.
MUGGINESSMug"gi*ness, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being muggy.
MUGGINSMug"gins, n. [Etym. unknown.]
1. A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
2. A game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
MUGGINSMug"gins, v. t.
Defn: In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying "muggins."
MUGGISHMug"gish, a.
Defn: See Muggy.
MUGGLETONIANMug`gle*to"ni*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, anEnglish journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired.Eadie.
MUGGY Mug"gy, a. [Compar. Muggier; superl. Muggiest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. mugga mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th Mold.]
1. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
2. Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather.
MUGHOUSEMug"house`, n.
Defn: An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.
MUGIENCYMu"gi*en*cy, n.
Defn: A bellowing. [Obs.]
MUGIENTMu"gi*ent, a. Etym: [L. mugiens, p.pr. of mugire to bellow.]
Defn: Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
MUGILMu"gil, n. Etym: [L., a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.
MUGILOIDMu"gi*loid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ.
MUGWEEDMug"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); — called also crossweed.
MUGWORTMug"wort`, n. Etym: [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.)
Defn: A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; — called also motherwort.
MUGWUMPMug"wump`, n. Etym: [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.]
Defn: A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]
MUGWUMPERY; MUGWUMPISMMug"wump`er*y, Mug"wump*ism, n.
Defn: The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]
MUHAMMADAN; MUHAMMEDANMu*ham"mad*an, Mu*ham"med*an, a. & n.
Defn: Mohammedan.
MUHAMMADANISMMu*ham"mad*an*ism, n.
Defn: Mohammedanism.
MULADAMu*la"da, n.
Defn: A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.
MULADAMu*la"da, n. Etym: [Sp. Amer., fr. Sp. mulo, mula, a mule.]
Defn: A drove of mules. [Southwest. U.S.]
MULATTO Mu*lat"to, n.; pl. Mulattoes. Etym: [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.]
Defn: The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, — usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
MULATTRESSMu*lat"tress, n.
Defn: A female mulatto. G. W. Gable.
MULBERRYMul"ber*ry, n.; pl. Mulberries. Etym: [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS.murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr.Murrey, Sycamore.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry. Mulberry mass. (Biol.) See Morula. — Paper mulberry, a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America.
MULBERRY-FACEDMul"ber*ry-faced` (-fast`), a.
Defn: Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
MULCH Mulch, n. Etym: [Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit.]
Defn: Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.
MULCHMulch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulched; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulching.]
Defn: To cover or dress with mulch.
MULCTMulct, n. Etym: [L. mulcta, multa.]
1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.]
Syn.— Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
MULCTMulct, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulcting.] Etym:[L. mulctare, multare.]
1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs.]
MULCTARY; MULCTUARYMulc"ta*ry, Mulc"tu*a*ry, a.
Defn: Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, afine.Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple.
MULE Mule, n. Etym: [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. m, fr. L. mulus. Cf. Mulatto.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.
Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; — called also hybrid.
3. A very stubborn person.
4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; — called also jenny and mule-jenny. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; — called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. — Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. — Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. — Mule twist, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; — in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
MULE-JENNYMule"-jen`ny, n.
Defn: See Mule, 4.
MULE KILLERMule killer.
Defn: Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill livestock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by beingswallowed; as:(a) A whip scorpion. [Florida](b) A walking-stick insect. [Texas](c) A mantis.(d) A wheel bug.
MULETEER Mu`le*teer", n. Etym: [F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus.]
Defn: One who drives mules.
MULEWORTMule"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A fern of the genus Hemionitis.
MULEYMu"ley, n. (Sawmills)
Defn: A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.
MULEYMul"ey, n.
Defn: See Mulley.
MULIEBRITY Mu`li*eb"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.]
1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; — correlate of virility.
2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.
MULIERMu"li*er, n. Etym: [L., a woman.]
1. A woman.
2. (Law) (a) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son. (b) (Civ. Law) A woman; a wife; a mother. Blount. Cowell.
MULIERLYMu"li*er*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]
MULIEROSEMu"li*er*ose`, a. Etym: [L. mulierosus.]
Defn: Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade.
MULIEROSITYMu`li*er*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. mulierositas.]
Defn: A fondness for women. [R.] Dr. H. More.
MULIERTYMu"li*er*ty, n. (Law)
Defn: Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
MULISHMul"ish, a.
Defn: Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.— Mul"ish*ly, adv.— Mul"ish*ness, n.
MULLMull, n. Etym: [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.]
Defn: A thin, soft kind of muslin.
MULLMull, n. Etym: [Icel. m a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir.& Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel.Cf. Mouth.]
1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]
2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
MULLMull, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to mold. *108. See Mold.]
Defn: Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.
MULLMull, v. t. Etym: [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.]
Defn: To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
MULLMull, v. i.
Defn: To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; — usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]
MULLMull, n.
Defn: An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
MULLMull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling.] Etym:[From mulled, for mold, taken as a p.p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale orbanquet. See Mold soil.]
1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. New cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay.
2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak.
MULLAMul"la, n.
Defn: Same as Mollah.
MULLAGATAWNYMul`la*ga*taw"ny, n. Etym: [Tamil milagu-tannir pepper water.]
Defn: An East Indian curry soup.
MULLAHMul"lah, n.
Defn: See Mollah.
MULLARMul"lar, n.
Defn: A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.
MULLEINMul"lein, n. Etym: [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. See under Moth. — Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. — Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.
MULLENMul"len, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Mullein.
MULLERMull"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, mulls.
2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
MULLER Mull"er, n. Etym: [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt.]
Defn: A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.
MULLERIAN; MUELLERIANMül*le"ri*an, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller. Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. — Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.
MULLETMul"let, n. Etym: [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; — called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidæ; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).
MULLETMul"let, n. Etym: [F. molette.] (Her.)
Defn: A star, usually five pointed and pierced; — when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
MULLETMul"let, n. Etym: [Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers.]
Defn: Small pinchers for curling the hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
MULLEY; MOOLLEY Mul"ley, Mool"ley, n. Etym: [CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt.]
1. A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]
2. A cow. [Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word.] Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow. Tusser.
MULLEY; MOOLLEYMul"ley, Mool"ley, a.
Defn: Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [U. S.] [Written also muley.]
MULLIGATAWNYMul`li*ga*taw"ny, n.
Defn: See Mullagatawny.
MULLIGRUBS Mul"li*grubs, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.]
1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang] Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs Beau. & Fl.
2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]
MULLINGONGMul"lin*gong, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]
MULLION Mul"lion, n. Etym: [A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed.] (Arch.) (a) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc. (b) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.
MULLIONMul"lion, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.
MULLOCK Mul"lock, n. Etym: [From Mull dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. *108.]
Defn: Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe. Chaucer.
MULLOID Mul"loid, a. Etym: [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.
MULMULMul"mul, n.
Defn: A fine, soft muslin; mull.
MULSE Mulse, n. Etym: [L. mulsum (sc. vinum), fr. mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, p.p. of mulcere to sweeten, soften.]
Defn: Wine boiled and mingled with honey.
MULT-Mult-.
Defn: See Multi-.
MULTANGULAR Mul*tan"gu*lar, a. Etym: [L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire.]
Defn: Having many angles.— Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv.— Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.
MULTANIMOUSMul*tan"i*mous, a. Etym: [Mult- + L. animus mind.]
Defn: Many-minded; many-sided.The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell.
MULTARTICULATEMul`tar*tic"u*late, a. Etym: [Mult- + articulate.]
Defn: Having many articulations or joints.
MULTEITYMul*te"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. multus much, many.]
Defn: Multiplicity. [R.] Coleridge.
MULTI-; MULT-Mul"ti-, Mult-. Etym: [L. multus much.]
Defn: A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.
MULTIAXIALMul`ti*ax"i*al, a. Etym: [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.)
Defn: Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; — opposed to Ant: monoaxial.
MULTICAPSULAR Mul`ti*cap"su*lar, a. Etym: [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having many, or several, capsules.
MULTICARINATEMul`ti*car"i*nate, a. Etym: [Multi- + carinate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Many-keeled.
MULTICAVOUS Mul`ti*ca"vous, a. Etym: [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.]
Defn: Having many cavities.
MULTICELLULARMul`ti*cel"lu*lar, a.
Defn: Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.
MULTICENTRALMul`ti*cen"tral, a. Etym: [Multi- + central.]
Defn: Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. Multicental development (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.
MULTICIPITALMul`ti*cip"i*tal, a. Etym: [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.
MULTICOLORMul"ti*col`or, a. Etym: [See Multi-, and Color.]
Defn: Having many, or several, colors.
MULTICOSTATEMul`ti*cos"tate, a. Etym: [Multi- + costate.]
Defn: Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.
MULTICUSPIDMul`ti*cus"pid, a. Etym: [See Multi-, and Cuspid.]
Defn: Multicuspidate; — said of teeth.
MULTICUSPIDATEMul`ti*cus"pi*date, a. Etym: [Multi- + cuspidate.]
Defn: Having many cusps or points.
MULTIDENTATEMul`ti*den"tate, a. Etym: [Multi- + dentate.]
Defn: Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.
MULTIDIGITATEMul`ti*dig"i*tate, a. Etym: [Multi- + digitate.]
Defn: Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.
MULTIFACEDMul"ti*faced`, a. Etym: [Multi- + face.]
Defn: Having many faces.
MULTIFARIOUSMul`ti*fa"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf.Bifarious.]
1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.
MULTIFARIOUSLYMul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.
MULTIFARIOUSNESSMul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ness, n.
1. Multiplied diversity.
2. (Law)
Defn: The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.
MULTIFEROUS Mul*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear.]
Defn: Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]
MULTIFID Mul"ti*fid, a. Etym: [L. multifidus; multus much, many + findere to split: cf. F. multifide.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.
MULTIFLOROUS Mul`ti*flo"rous, a. Etym: [L. multiflorus; multus much, many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having many flowers.
MULTIFLUEMul"ti*flue, a. Etym: [Multi- + flue.]
Defn: Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.
MULTIFOILMul"ti*foil, n. Etym: [Multi- + foil.] (Arch.)
Defn: An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.
MULTIFOILMul"ti*foil, a.
Defn: Having more than five divisions or foils.
MULTIFOLDMul"ti*fold, a. Etym: [Multi- + fold.]
Defn: Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
MULTIFORM Mul"ti*form, a. Etym: [L. multiformis; multus much, many + forma shape: cf. F. multiforme.]
Defn: Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.A plastic and multiform unit. Hare.
MULTIFORMITYMul`ti*form"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. multiformitas.]
Defn: The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.
MULTIFORMOUSMul`ti*form"ous, a.
Defn: Multiform. [Obs.]
MULTIGENEROUS Mul`ti*gen"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. multigenerus; multus + genus, generis, kind.]
Defn: Having many kinds.
MULTIGRANULATEMul`ti*gran"u*late, a. Etym: [Multi- + granulate.]
Defn: Having, or consisting of, many grains.
MULTIGRAPHMul"ti*graph, n. [Multi- + -graph.]
Defn: A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
MULTIJUGATEMul*tij"u*gate, a.
Defn: Having many pairs of leaflets.
MULTIJUGOUSMul*tij"u*gous, a. Etym: [L. multijugus; multus + jugum yoke.]
1. Consisting of many parts.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Multijugate.
MULTILATERALMul`ti*lat"er*al, a. Etym: [Multi- + lateral.]
Defn: Having many sides; many-sided.
MULTILINEALMul`ti*lin"e*al, a. Etym: [Multi- + lineal.]
Defn: Having many lines. Steevens.
MULTILOBARMul`ti*lo"bar, a. Etym: [Multi- + lobar.]
Defn: Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
MULTILOCULARMul`ti*loc"u*lar, a. Etym: [Multi- + locular: cf. F. multiloculaire.]
Defn: Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule.
MULTILOQUENCEMul*til"o*quence, n.
Defn: Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness.
MULTILOQUENT; MULTILOQUOUS Mul*til"o*quent, Mul*til"o*quous, a. Etym: [L. multiloquus; multus much, many + loqui to speak.]
Defn: Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
MULTILOQUYMul*til"o*quy, n. Etym: [L. multiloquium.]
Defn: Excess of words or talk. [R.]
MULTINODATEMul`ti*no"date, a. Etym: [Multi- + nodate.]
Defn: Having many knots or nodes.
MULTINODOUSMul`ti*no"dous, a. Etym: [L. multinodus.]
Defn: Same as Multinodate.
MULTINOMIALMul`ti*no"mi*al, n. & a. Etym: [Multi- + -nomial, as in binomial. SeeBinomial.] (Alg.)
Defn: Same as Polynomial.
MULTINOMINAL; MULTINOMINOUS Mul`ti*nom"i*nal, Mul`ti*nom"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen nominis name.]
Defn: Having many names or terms.
MULTINUCLEARMul`ti*nu"cle*ar, a. Etym: [Multi- + nuclear.] (Biol.)
Defn: Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.
MULTINUCLEATE; MULTINUCLEATEDMul`ti*nu"cle*ate, Mul`ti*nu"cle*a`ted, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Multinuclear.
MULTIPAROUS Mul*tip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Multi- + L. parere to produce: cf. F. multipare.]
Defn: Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.
MULTIPARTITE Mul*tip"ar*tite, a. Etym: [L. multipartitus multus much, many partitus divided, p.p.: cf. F. multipartite. See Partite.]
Defn: Divided into many parts; having several parts.
MULTIPED Mul"ti*ped, n. Etym: [L. multipes, multipeda; multus much, many + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. multipède.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An insect having many feet, as a myriapod.
MULTIPEDMul"ti*ped, a.
Defn: Having many feet.