MOIDORE. A Portuguese gold coin, the sterling value of which is L1,
7_s._
MOINEAU. A little flat bastion formerly raised before a curtain,
otherwise too long.
MOIST DAUGHTERS. Spenser's term for the Hyades, a group of seven stars
in the head of the Bull.
MOKES. The meshes of a fishing-net.
MOLE. A long pier of massy masonry, covering the entrance of a harbour.
Also applied to the harbours formed by them, as those of Genoa,
Marseilles, Naples, &c.
MOLLY-MAWK. A bird which follows in the wake of a ship rounding the
Cape. It is a small kind of albatross.
MOMENTUM. Is the product of a weight multiplied by its velocity; that
is, in marine dynamics, by its distance from a point determined as the
centre of momentum; or from a line called the axis of the momentum.
MONERES, OR MONOCRATA. Galleys with only one rank of oars.
MONEY-BOUND. A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on
board till a remittance arrives for paying the passage made.