2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.

Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;

sham.

That superior greatness and mock majesty.

Spectator.

Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs

(Discopleura) growing in wet places. -- Mock heroic, burlesquing the

heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. -- Mock lead. See Blende (a). -- Mock

nightingale (Zoöl.), the European blackcap. -- Mock orange (Bot.), a

genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white

flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant

flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. -- Mock sun. See

Parhelion. -- Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or

other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. -- Mock

velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

Mock"a*ble (?), a. Such as can be mocked. Shak.

Mock"a*do (?), n. A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the

same as mock velvet. [Obs.]

Our rich mockado doublet.

Ford.

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