Mo*los"sine (?), n. (Zoöl.) A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk
bat.
||Mo*los"sus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, prop., Molossian, belonging to
||the Molossians, a people in the eastern part of Epirus.] (Gr. & Lat.
||Pros.) A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]
Molt (?), obs. imp. of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser.
{ Molt, Moult } (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt,
and cf. Mute, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as
the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as, bolt,
colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the
spelling molt.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the
like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon.
{ Molt, Moult, } v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the
like; to shed.
{ Molt, Moult, } n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair,
skin, etc.; molting.
Molt"a*ble (?), a. Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable;
fusible. [Obs.]
Mol"ten (?), a. [See Melt.] 1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp.
when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten
iron.
2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the
thing is formed; as, a molten image.
||Mol"to (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) Much; very; as, molto adagio, very
||slow.
Mo"ly (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. A fabulous herb of occult power,
having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been
given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe. Milton.
2. (Bot.) A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; --
called also golden garlic.
Mo*lyb"date (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of molybdic acid.
Mol`yb*de"na (?), n. [L. molybdaena galena, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; lead.]
(Min.) See Molybdenite.
Mo*lyb"de*nite (?), n. [Cf. F. molybdénite. See Molybdena.] (Min.) A
mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales,
resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
Mo*lyb"de*nous (?), a. (Chem.) See Molybdous.
Mol`yb*de"num (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. molybdène. See Molybdena.] (Chem.) A
rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals
molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard,
silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
Mo*lyb"dic (?), a. [Cf. F. molybdique. See molybdena.] (Chem.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those
compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with
molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.
Mo*lyb"dite (?), n. (Min.) Molybdic ocher.
Mo*lyb"dous (?), a. [See Molybdena.] Of, pertaining to, or containing,
molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum
has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.
Mome (?), n. [Cf. Mumm, Momus.] A dull, silent person; a blockhead.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Mo"ment (?), n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement,
motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Momentum,
Movement.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant;
as, at that very moment.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.