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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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Mŏp'sic-al, a. p. 858Short-sighted; mope-eyed.Mō'pus, n. p. 858A mope; a drone. [Obs.] Swift.Mō'rȧ, n. p. 858A valuable South American wood used for ship-building. Simmonds.Mo-rāine', n. p. 858(Geol.) A line of blocks and gravel extending along the sides of separate glaciers, and along the middle part of glaciers formed by the union of one or more separate ones.Mōr'al, a. p. 858Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be…Mōr'al, n. p. 858The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manners; conduct; behavior;—usually in the plural. “Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them.” South. 2. The inner meaning or significance of a…Mōr'al, v. i. p. 858To moralize. [Obs.]Mō-rāle', n. p. 858The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body…Mōr'al-er, n. p. 858A moralizer. [Obs.] Shak.Mōr'al-ist, n. p. 858One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. 2. One who practices moral duties; a person whose…Mo-răl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 858The relation of conformity or non-conformity to the true moral standard or rule; the quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right…Mōr'al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 858The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse. 2. Explanation in a moral sense.Mōr'al-īze, v. t. p. 858To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from. This fable is moralized in a common proverb. L'Estrange. Did he not moralize this spectacle? Shak. 2. To furnish with…Mōr'al-īze, v. i. p. 858To speak or write on moral subjects, or to make moral reflections.Mōr'al-īz'er, n. p. 858One who moralizes.Mōr'al-ly, adv. p. 858In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality. By good, morally so called, “bonum honestum” ought chiefly to be understood. South. 2. According to moral rules; virtuously; honestly.…Mo-gä'nd, n. p. 858The old Bohemian goddess of winter and death. Brande.Mo-rāss', n. p. 858A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Morass ore, bog iron ore.Mo-rāss'y, a. p. 858Marshy; fenny.Mō'rat, n. p. 858A drink made of honey, flavored with the juice of mulberries.Mo-rā'tion, n. p. 858The act of tarrying or delaying; delay. [Obs.]Mo-rā'vi-an, a. p. 858Pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren.Mo-rā'vi-an, n. p. 858(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren.Mo-rā'vi-an-ism, n. p. 858The religious system of the Moravians.Môr'/bid, a. p. 858Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; as, a morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant; a morbid sensibility. Syn.—Diseased; sickly…Morbidezza, n. p. 858(Paint.) A method of coloring by which the appearance of softness and delicacy peculiar to living flesh is imitated. Fairholt.Mor-bid'i-ty, n. p. 858The quality of being morbid. 2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. “Unable from some defect of morbidity.” C. Kingsley.Môr′bid-ly, adv. p. 858In a morbid or diseased manner.Môr'bid-ness, n. p. 858A state of being diseased, sickly, or unsound.Mor-bif'ic or Mor-bif'ic-al, a. p. 858Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, morbific matter.Mor-bil'ious, a. p. 858Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measles, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.Mor-bōse', a. p. 858Proceeding from disease; unsound; unhealthy; as, a morbose tumor or excrescence in plants.Mor-bōs'i-ty, n. p. 858A diseased state. [Obs.] Browne.Mor-ceau', n. p. 858A bit; a morsel.Mor-chĕl'lă, n. p. 858(Bot.) A genus of edible fungi or mushrooms; the morel. See MUSHROOM.Mor-dā'cious, a. p. 858Biting; given to biting. 2. Sarcastic; severe; scathing.Mor-dā'cious-ly, adv. p. 858In a biting manner; sarcastically.Mor-dăc'i-ty, n. p. 858The quality of being mordacious; biting or sarcastic quality.Môr'dant, a. p. 858Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. 2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing.) Serving to fix colors.Môr'dant, n. p. 858(Dyeing & Calico Printing.) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union between them, and thus gives…Mōr'dant, v. t. p. 858To subject to the action of a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.Môr'dant-ly, adv. p. 858In the manner of a mordant.Mor-dĕl'lă, n. p. 858(En-tom.) A Linnæan genus of coleopterous insects, remarkable for their agility and their tenacious and painful bite. Brande.Mor-dēn'le, n. p. 858(Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill.Môr'di-can-cy, n. p. 858A biting quality; corrosiveness. [Obs.] Evelyn.Môr'di-cant, a. p. 858Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [Obs.] Boyle.Môr’di-cā’tion, n. p. 858The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [Rare.] Another cause is the mordication of the orifices, especially of the mesentery veins. Bacon.Môr'di-cā'tive, a. p. 858Mordicant; biting; as, a mordicative medicine. [Obs.] Holland.Mōre, n. p. 858Greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. And the children of Israel gathered some more, some less. Ex. XVI. 17. 2. That which is in…Mōre, a. p. 858comp. [positive wanting; superl. MOST.] [A-S. mōra, mēra, O. Fries. mar, O. Sax. mer, D. meer, Icel. meiri, Dan. meer, meere, Sw. mer, mera, O. H. Ger. mēr, mēro, M. H. Ger. mēr, mēre, N. H. Ger.…Mōre, adv. p. 859In a greater quantity, extent, or degree; rather;—used with an adjective to form the comparative degree; as, more wise; more durable. 2. In addition; further; besides; again. And he staid yet other…Mōre, n. p. 859A hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Mōre, n. p. 859A root. [Obs.] Spenser.}Mōre, v. t. p. 859To make more. [Obs.] Gower.Mo-reen', n. p. 859¹ A stout woolen stuff, used for curtains, &c.Mōr'el, n. p. 859An edible mushroom (Morchella esculenta), largely used in Europe, and said to be most commonly found where fires have been built. Loudon. 2. A kind of cherry; morello. 3. The garden nightshade. See…Mōre'-land, n. p. 859See MOOR-LAND.Mo-rĕlle', n. p. 859(Bot.) A plant of the genus Solanum (S. nigrum); garden nightshade. [Written also morel.]Mo-rël'lo, n. p. 859A variety of juicy cherry of an acid taste.Mōre'ness, n. p. 859Greatness. [Obs.] Wycliffe.