Moc"kle (?), a. See Mickle.
Mo"co (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied
to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy.
Mo"dal (?), a. [Cf. F. modal. See Mode.] 1. Of or pertaining to a mode
or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the
form without the essence or reality. Glanvill.
2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of
conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.
Mo"dal*ist, n. (Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as
modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction
in the Trinity. Eadie.
Mo*dal"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. modalité.] 1. The quality or state of being
modal.
2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of
view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to
Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or
apodeictic.
Mo"dal*ly (?), adv. In a modal manner.
A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . .
by the particles "as" and "so."
Gibbs.
Mode (?), n. [L. modus a measure, due or proper measure, bound, manner,
form; akin to E. mete: cf. F. mode. See Mete, and cf. Commodious, Mood
in grammar, Modus.] 1. Manner of doing 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
easily be found.
Jer. Taylor.
A table richly spread in regal mode.
Milton.
2. Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the
mode.
The easy, apathetic graces of a man of the mode.
Macaulay.