{ Mo*les"tie, Mo*les"ty (?) }, n. [L. molestia.] Molestation. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Mole"warp` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Moldwarp.
Mo*lim"i*nous (?), a. [L. molimen a great exertion; moles a heavy
mass.] Of great bulk or consequence; very important. [Obs.] Dr. H.
More.
Mo"line (?), n. [L. molina mill, fr. molere to grind. See Mill.] The
crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the
spindle; a millrind.
Cross moline (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end
into two rounded branches or divisions.
Mo"lin*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrines of the Molinists,
somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians.
Mo"lin*ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of the opinions of Molina, a
Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.
||Moll (?), a. [G., fr. L. mollis soft, tender, elegiac. Cf. Molle.]
||(Mus.) Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.
||Mol"lah (?), n. [Ar. maul, commonly mollin Turkey.] One of the higher
||order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a
||religious and learned man. [Written also moolah.]
Mol"le (?), a. [See Moll.] (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E
molle, that is, E flat.
Mol"le*bart (?), n. An agricultural implement used in Flanders,
consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a
man. [Written also mollebært and mouldebært.] Simmonds.
Mol"le*moke` (?), n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as
Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of
Æstrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk,
malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]
Mol"lient (?), a. [L. molliens, p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis
soft.] Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.
Mol"lient*ly, adv. Assuagingly.
Mol"li*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being mollified.
Mol`li*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.] The
act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.
Chaucer.
Mol"li*fi`er (?), n. One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon.
Mol"li*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mollifying (?).] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare
(in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v. t., and - fy.] 1. To
soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity
of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.
With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
Spenser.
2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or
passion; to pacify; to calm.
Mol"li*net (?), n. [Cf. Moline.] A little mill.
Mol`li*pi*lose" (?), a. [L. mollis soft + pilosus hairy.] (Zoöl.)
Having soft hairs; downy.
||Mol*li"ti*es (?), n. [L., softness.] (Med.) Unnatural softness of any
||organ or part. Dunglison.
Mol"li*tude (?), n. [L. mollitudo, fr. mollis soft.] Softness;
effeminacy; weakness. [R.]
Mol"lusc (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mollusk.
||Mol*lus"ca (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand
||divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda,
||Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or
||Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with
||most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally.
||Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a
||pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and
||protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or
||multivalve.
Formerly the Brachiopoda, Bryzoa, and Tunicata were united with the
Lamellibranchiata in an artificial group called Acephala, which was
also included under Mollusca. See Molluscoidea.
Mol*lus"can (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to mollusks. -- n. A
mollusk; one of the Mollusca.
Mol*lus"coid (?), a. [Mollusca + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the true
mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. -- n. One of the Molluscoidea.
Mol`lus*coid"al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Molluscoid.
||Mol`lus*coi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) A
||division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and
||Bryozoa; - - called also Anthoid Mollusca.
Originally the Tunicata were included under Molluscoidea, from which
they are known to differ widely in structure and embryology.
Molluscoidea were formerly considered a subdivision of Mollusca, but
they are now known to have more relationship with Annelida than with
Mollusca.
Mol*lus"cous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Molluscan.
||Mol*lus"cum (?), n. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease
||characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a
||thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some
||molluscous animals. Dunglison.
Mol"lusk (?), n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a
thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zoöl.) One
of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]
Mol"ly (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mollemoke.
Mol"ly, n. A pet or colloquial name for Mary.
Molly cottontail. (Zoöl.) See Cottontail. -- Molly Maguire (m*gwr");
pl. Molly Maguires (- gwrz). (a) A member of a secret association
formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the
purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of
legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women.
(b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organized in the
anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of
intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging
themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was
broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876.
Mol"ly-mawk` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Mollemoke.
Mo"loch (?), n. [Heb. molek king.] 1. (Script.) The fire god of the
Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech.
Also applied figuratively.
2. (Zoöl.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on
the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable
appearance.
Mo*losse" (?), n. See Molossus.