As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he
mizzled.
Epigram, quoted by Wright.
Miz"zle, n. Mist; fine rain.
Miz"zy (?), n. [Cf. F. moisi moldy, musty, p. p. of moisir to mold, fr.
L. mucere to be moldy.] A bog or quagmire. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
{ Mne*mon"ic (n*mn"k), Mne*mon"ic*al (-*kal), } a. [Gr. mnhmoniko`s,
fr. mnh`mwn mindful, remembering, mnh`mh memory, mna^sqai to think on,
remember; akin to E. mind.] Assisting in memory.
Mne`mo*ni"cian (?), n. One who instructs in the art of improving or
using the memory.
Mne*mon"ics (?), n. [Gr. ta~ mnhmonika`: cf. F. mnémonique.] The art of
memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory;
artificial memory.
Mne*mos"y*ne (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. mnhmosy`nh remembrance, memory, and
the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic.] (Class Myth.) The goddess of
memory and the mother of the Muses.
Mne"mo*tech`ny (?), n. [Gr. &?; memory + &?; art: cf. F. mnémotechnie.]
Mnemonics.
Mo (?), a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] [AS. m. See More.] More; --
usually, more in number. [Obs.]
An hundred thousand mo.
Chaucer.
Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it.
Fuller.
-mo (?). 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.
Mo"a (m"), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Mo"ab*ite (?), n. One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen.
xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.
Mo"ab*i`tess (?), n. A female Moabite. Ruth i. 22.
Mo"ab*i`tish (?), a. Moabite. Ruth ii. 6.
Moan (mn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned (mnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.]
[AS. mnan to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a
different 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.
Moan, v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and
gone.
Prior.