MOOD, m[=oo]d, _n._ fashion, manner: (_gram._) a. form of the verb to
express the mode or manner of an action or of a state of being: (_logic_)
the form of the syllogism as determined by the quantity and quality of its
three constituent propositions: (_mus._) the arrangement of the intervals
in the scale, as major and minor (see MODE). [_Mode._]
MOOD, m[=oo]d, _n._ disposition of mind: temporary state of the mind:
anger, heat of temper.--_adv._ MOOD'ILY.--_n._ MOOD'INESS, gloominess,
peevishness.--_adjs._ MOOD'Y, indulging in moods: out of humour: angry:
sad: gloomy; MOOD'Y-MAD (_Shak._), mad with anger. [A.S. _mód_, mind; cf.
Ger. _muth_, courage.]
MOOKTAR, m[=oo]k'tar, _n._ a native lawyer in India. [Ar. _mukht[=a]r_,
chosen.]
MOOL. A Scotch form of _mould_.
MOOLA(H). See MOLLA(H).
MOON, m[=oo]n, _n._ the secondary planet or satellite which revolves round
the earth monthly, shining with reflected light: a satellite revolving
about any other planet; a month: anything in the shape of a moon or
crescent: (_fort._) a crescent-shaped outwork.--_v.t._ to adorn with moons
or crescents.--_v.i._ to wander about or gaze vacantly at anything.--_n._
MOON'BEAM, a beam of light from the moon.--_adj._ MOON'-BLIND, dim-sighted,
purblind.--_ns._ MOON'CALF, a monster, a deformed creature: a
dolt.--_n.pl._ MOON'-CULMIN[=A]'TIONS, times of culmination of the limb of
the moon with certain neighbouring stars, formerly used in determining
longitude.--_adj._ MOONED, of or like the moon: having the figure of the
moon marked upon it.--_ns._ MOON'ER, one who moons about; MOON'EYE, a
disease affecting horses' eyes: a name of several American fishes;
MOON'FACE, a full, round face--a point of beauty in the East.--_adj._
MOON'FACED.--_ns._ MOON'-FISH, a name applied to various fishes;
MOON'-FLOWER, the ox-eye daisy; MOON'-GLADE, the track of moonlight on
water.--_adj._ MOON'ISH, like the moon: variable: inconstant.--_n._
MOON'-KNIFE, a crescent-shaped knife used by leather-workers in shaving off
the fleshy parts of skins.--_adj._ MOON'LESS, destitute of moonlight.--_n._
MOON'LIGHT, the light of the moon--sunlight reflected from the moon's
surface.--_adj._ lighted by the moon: occurring during moonlight.--_ns._
MOON'LIGHTER, one of a band of cowardly ruffians in Ireland who committed
agrarian outrages by night about 1880: a moonshiner;
MOON'LIGHTING.--_adjs._ MOON'LIT, lit or illumined by the moon;
MOON'-LOVED, loved by the moon.--_ns._ MOON'-MAD'NESS, lunacy, supposed to
be caused by sleeping in full moonlight; MOON'-RAK'ER, a silly person;
MOON'-RAK'ING, the following of crazy fancies; MOON'-SAIL, a small sail,
sometimes carried above the sky-scraper; MOON'-SET, the setting of the
moon; MOON'SHINE, the shining of the moon: (_fig._) show without reality:
poached eggs with sauce: a month: (_U.S._) smuggled spirits; MOON'SHINER, a
smuggler or illicit distiller of spirits.--_adj._ MOON'SHINY, lighted by
the moon: visionary, unreal.--_n._ MOON'-STONE, a variety of feldspar
presenting a pearly reflection from within.--_adj._ MOON'STRUCK, affected
by the moon, lunatic, crazed.--_n._ MOON'WORT, any fern of the genus
_Botrychium_.--_adj._ MOON'Y, relating to, or like, the moon or a crescent,
bearing a crescent: round, as a shield: like moonlight, lighted by the
moon: silly: sickly: tipsy.--_n._ a noodle.--MOONLIGHT FLITTING, a removal
of one's furniture, &c., during night, to prevent it being seized for rent
or debt. [A.S. _móna_; cf. Ger. _mond_, L. _mensis_, Gr. _m[=e]n[=e]_.]
MOONSHEE, m[=oo]n'sh[=e], _n._ in India, a secretary, interpreter, teacher
of languages. [Ar. _munshi_.]
MOOP, m[=oo]p, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to nibble, browse.
MOOR, m[=oo]r, _n._ a large tract of untilled ground, often covered with
heath, and having a poor, peaty soil: a heath.--_ns._ MOOR'COCK, MOOR'FOWL,
the red grouse or heathcock found in moors; MOOR'HEN, the female moor-fowl:
the water-hen; MOOR'-ILL (_Scot._), a kind of disease among cattle--also
_Red-water_.--_adjs._ MOOR'ISH, MOOR'Y, resembling a moor: sterile: marshy:
boggy.--_n._ MOOR'LAND, a tract of moor. [A.S. _mór_; Ice. _mór_, peat.]
MOOR, m[=oo]r, _v.t._ to fasten a ship by cable and anchor: to fix
firmly.--_v.i._ to be fastened by cables or chains.--_ns._ MOOR'AGE, a
place for mooring; MOOR'ING, act of mooring: that which serves to moor or
confine a ship: in _pl._ the place or condition of a ship thus moored.
[Prob. Dut. _marren_, to tie, allied to A.S. _merran_ (in compound
_ámierran_), Old High Ger. _marrjan_, to hinder.]
MOOR, m[=oo]r, _n._ a member of the dark mixed Mauretanian and Arab race
inhabiting Morocco and the Barbary coast: one of the Arab and Berber
conquerors and occupants of Spain from 711 to 1492--same as _Arab_ or
_Saracen_: a dark-coloured person generally, a negro.--_n._ MOOR'ERY, a
quarter inhabited by MOORS.--_adj._ MOOR'ISH. [Fr. _more_, _maure_--L.
_maurus_--Gr. _mauros_, black.]
MOORVA, m[=oo]r'va, _n._ an East Indian silky fibre for cordage.--Also
_Marool_, _Bowstring-hemp_.
MOOSE, m[=oo]s, _n._ the largest deer of America, resembling the European
elk. [Algonkin _musu_.]
MOOT, m[=oo]t, _v.t._ to propose for discussion: to discuss: argue for
practice.--_adj._ discussed or debated.--_n._ in early English history, the
meeting of the assembled freemen, or their representatives, to regulate the
affairs of the village or tun, the hundred, or the kingdom--_village-_ or
_town-moot_, _hundred-moot_, folk-moot.--_adj._ MOOT'ABLE, that can be
mooted or debated.--_ns._ MOOT'-CASE, MOOT'-POINT, a case, point, or
question to be mooted or debated: an unsettled question; MOOT'-COURT,
-HALL, a meeting or court for arguing supposed cases; MOOT'-HILL, a hill of
meeting on which the moot was held. [A.S. _mótian_--_mót_, _gemót_, an
assembly, akin to _métan_, to meet.]
MOP, mop, _n._ a bunch of rags, &c., fixed, on a handle for washing floors,
windows, or the like: anything at all like a mop: (_prov._) a
hiring-fair.--_v.t._ to rub or wipe with a mop:--_pr.p._ mop'ping; _pa.t._
and _pa.p._ mopped.--_adj._ MOP'-HEAD'ED, having a shaggy, unkempt head of
hair. [O. Fr. _mappe_--L. _mappa_, a napkin.]
MOP, mop, _n._ a grimace.--_v.i._ to make such.
MOPE, m[=o]p, _v.i._ to be silent and dispirited: to be dull or
stupid.--_v.t._ to make spiritless.--_n._ a listless person, a drone--also
MOP'US.--_adv._ MOP'INGLY.--_adj._ MOP'ISH, dull: spiritless.--_adv._
MOP'ISHLY, in a mopish manner.--_n._ MOP'ISHNESS. [Dut. _moppen_, to pout,
sulk; Ger. _muffen_.]
MOPPET, mop'et, _n._ a doll of rags: a young girl--also MOP'SY, an untidy
woman.--_adj._ MOP'SICAL, short-sighted: stupid.
MOPPY, mop'i, _adj._ (_slang_) tipsy.
MOPS, mops, _n._ a pug-dog.
MOPSTICK, mop'stik, _n._ in an old pianoforte movement, a rod which raises
the damper as the key is depressed.--Also MAP'STICK.
MOPUS, mop'us, _n._ (_slang_) money.
MOQUETTE, m[=o]-ket', _n._ a material for carpets, with a loose velvety
pile--the back thick canvas, &c. [Fr.]