Moke (?), n. A donkey. [Cant] Thackeray.
Moke (?), n. A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.
Halliwell.
Mo"ky (?), a. [Cf. Icel. mökkvi cloud, mist, mökkr a dense cloud, W.
mwg smoke, and E. muggy, muck.] Misty; dark; murky; muggy. [Obs.]
Mo"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Sunfish, 1.
Mo"lar (?), a. [L. moles mass.] (Mech.) Of or pertaining to a mass of
matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as
distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. Carpenter.
Mo"lar, a. [L. molaris, fr. mola mill, fr. molere to grind in a mill.
See Mill the machine.] Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar
teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. Bacon.
Mo"lar, n. (Anat.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and
canines. The molars which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are
designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous
teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.
Mo"la*ry (?), a. Same as 2d Molar.
Mo*lasse" (?), n. [F. molasse, prob. fr. mollasse flabby, flimsy, fr.
L. mollis soft.] (Geol.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a
rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.
Mo*las"ses (?), n. [F. mélasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg. melaço, fr. L.
mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous,
and cf. Melasses.] The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid,
uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of
manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice
or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.
Mold (?), n. [See Mole a spot.] A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.]
Spenser.
{ Mold, Mould} (?), n. [OE. molde, AS. molde; akin to D. mul, G. mull,
mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel. mold, Dan. muld, Sw. mull, Goth. mulda,
and E. meal flour. See Meal, and cf. Mole an animal, Mull, v.] [The
prevalent spelling is, perhaps, mould; but as the u has not been
inserted in the other words of this class, as bold, gold, old, cold,
etc., it seems desirable to complete the analogy by dropping it from
this word, thus spelling it as Spenser, South, and many others did. The
omission of the u is now very common in America.] 1. Crumbling, soft,
friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of
organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
2. Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing
substance; material.
The etherial mold, Incapable of stain.
Milton.
Nature formed me of her softest mold.
Addison.
{ Mold, Mould } (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Molded or Moulded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Molding or Moulding.] To cover with mold or soil. [R.]
{ Mold, Mould, } n. [From the p. p. of OE. moulen to become moldy, to
rot, prob. fr. Icel. mygla to grow musty, mugga mugginess; cf. Sw.
mögla to grow moldy. See Muggy, and cf. Moldy.] (Bot.) A growth of
minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups
Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic
matter.
The common blue mold of cheese, the brick-red cheese mold, and the
scarlet or orange strata which grow on tubers or roots stored up for
use, when commencing to decay, are familiar examples. M. J. Berkley.
{ Mold, Mould, } v. t. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow
upon.
{ Mold, Mould, } v. i. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in
whole or in part, with a mold.
{ Mold, Mould, } n. [OE. molde, OF. mole, F. moule, fr. L. modulus. See
Model.] [For spelling, see 2d Mold, above.] 1. The matrix, or cavity,
in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also,
the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.
Milton.
2. That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or
formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the
pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.
The glass of fashion and the mold of form.
Shak.