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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mō'bile, a. p. 848Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited.Mō'bile, n. p. 848The mob; the populace. [Obs.] South.Mo-bil'i-ty, n. p. 848The quality of being mobile, or removable; susceptibility of being moved, aroused, excited, &c.; as, the mobility of cork in water; the mobility of a crowd. 2. Aptitude to motion; activity; readiness…Mōb'i-li-zā'tion, n. p. 848The calling into active service troops not previously on the war establishment.Mōb'i-līze, v. t. p. 848To call into active service;—applied to troops which, though enrolled, were not previously on the war establishment.Mōb'le, v. t. p. 848To wrap the head of in a hood. [Obs.] Shak.Mob-ōc'ra-cy, n. p. 848The rule, government, or ascendency of the mob or disorderly classes.Mŏb'o-crāt'ic, a. p. 848Of, or relating to, mobocracy.Mōc'ca-sin, n. p. 848A shoe or cover for the foot, made of deer-skin or other soft leather, without a sole, and ornamented on the upper side; the customary shoe worn by the American Indians. 2. (Zoöl.) A poisonous water…Mō'ehā, n. p. 848An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain. Simmonds.Mō'cha-stōne, n. p. 848(Min.) Dendritic agate; a silicious mineral, in the interior of which appear brown, reddish-brown, blackish or green delineations of shrubs destitute of leaves; moss-agate. Dana.Mōche, n. p. 848— A bale of raw silk.Mōck, v. t. p. 848To imitate in contempt or derision; to mimic for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry; to mimic. I long, till Edward fall by war’s mischance. For mocking marriage with a dame of France. Shak.…Mŏck, v. i. p. 848To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly. When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job xi 3Mŏck, n. p. 849Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt. Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9. What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred? Tillotson. 2. Imitation…Mŏck, a. p. 849Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed. “That superior greatness and mock majesty.” Spectator. ☞ Mock is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, mock-epic…Mŏck'a-ble, a. p. 849Exposed to, or worthy of, derision. [Rare.] Shak.Mŏck'a-do, n. p. 849A stuff made in imitation of velvet; —called also mock-velvet. [Obs.] “Our rich mock-ado doublet.” Ford.Mōck'a-dour, n. p. 849The same as MOKADOUR. [Obs.]Mōck'a·ge, n. p. 849Mockery. [Obs.] “A mockage of marriage.” Fuller.Mŏck'er, n. p. 849One who mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider. 2. A deceiver; an impostor.Mōck'er-y, n. p. 849The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicking the words or actions of another. 2. Sportive insult or contempt; contemptuous merriment at persons or things; derision; ridicule.…Mŏck'-he-rō'ic, a. p. 849Burlesquing the heroic; imitating, by way of derision, or in a weak, contemptible way, the manner, character, or actions of heroes.Mŏck'ing-bird, n. p. 849(Ornith.) A singing-bird of North America (Mimus polyglottus), of an ashy-brown color above, and white below. It is remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds.Mōck'ing-ly, adv. p. 849By way of derision; in contempt.Mōck'ing-stōck, n. p. 849A butt of sport.Mŏck'ish, a. p. 849Mock; counterfeit; sham. [Obs.]Mŏck'le, a. p. 849See MICKLE.Mŏck'-lēad, n. p. 849A sulphuret of zinc, the same as blend;—called also mock-ore.Mŏck'-ōr'ange, n. p. 849(Bot.) A shrub of the genus Philadelphus (P. coronarius), having fragrant white flowers in panicle-like cymes;—improperly called syringa.Mŏck'-ōre, n. p. 849See MOCK-LEAD.Mŏck'-prīv'et, n. p. 849(Bot.) A shrub of the genus Phillirea.Mōck'-vēl'vet, n. p. 849See MOCKADO.Mō'eo, n. p. 849(Zoöl.) A South American rodent quadruped (Cavia [or Kerodon] rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger.Mō'dal, a. p. 849Pertaining to a mode or mood: consisting in mode only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality. 2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating some mode of conceiving existence, or of…Mō'dal-ist, n. p. 849(Theol.) One of a class who look upon Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, denying personal distinction in the Trinity. Eadie.Mo-dāl'i-ty, n. p. 849The quality of being modal, or being in form only. 2. (Logic.) According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic; a modal relation or quality.Mō′dal·ly, adv. p. 849In a modal manner; with reference to mode; in a relation indicating or expressing mode or manner. The first part of the verse is a compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . . by…Mŏd'der, n. p. 849A girl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Mōde, n. p. 849Manner of existing 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 be easily found.…Mŏd'el, n. p. 849That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own contracted model. South. 2. Pattern; example; as, to form a government on the model of the British…Mŏd'el, v. t. p. 849To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model, or propose a model for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.Mŏd'el, v. i. p. 849(Fine Arts.) To make a pattern from which some work is to be executed; to form a work of some plastic material; as, to model in wax.Mŏd'el-er, n. p. 849One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]Mōd’el-ing, n. p. 849(Fine Arts.) 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; as, the modeling of a countenance in wax. [Written…Mŏd'el-ize, v. t. p. 849To frame according to a model; to give shape to. [Obs. and rare.] B. Jonson.Mo-dē'nā, n. p. 849A certain crimson-like color. Good.Mō'de-nēse', n. p. 849A native or inhabitant of Modena; in the plural, the people of Modena.Mō'de-nēse',, a. p. 849(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Modena or its inhabitants.Mō'der, n. p. 849The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.]Mōd’er, v. t. p. 849To moderate. [Obs. and very rare.]Mŏd'er-a-ble, a. p. 849Moderate; temperate. [Obs.]Mōd'er-ançe, n. p. 849Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.Mōd'er-ant-ism, n. p. 849Moderation in opinions or measures, especially in politics. [Rare.]Mōd'er-ate, a. p. 849Kept 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…Mōd'er-āte, v. t. p. 849To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage…Mŏd'er-āte, v. i. p. 849To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense. 2. To preside as a moderator. [U. S.] Syn.—To regulate; mitigate; temper; qualify; repress; abate; lessen; allay; still; appease; pacify; quiet.Mŏd'er-ate, n. p. 849(Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain party which arose in the church of Scotland in the early part of the eighteenth century, and who professed moderation in matters of church government, in discipline…Mŏd'er-ate-ly, adv. p. 849In a moderate manner; temperately; mildly; without violence. 2. In a middle degree; not excessively; as, water moderately warm. “Each nymph but moderately fair.” Waller.Mŏd’er-ate-ness, n. p. 849State or quality of being moderate; temperateness; a middle state between extremes; as, the moderateness of the weather.