MORIBUND, mo'ri-bund, _adj._ about to die: in a dying state. [L.
_moribundus_--_mori_, to die.]
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MORION, MORRION, m[=o]'ri-un, _n._ a open helmet without visor or beaver.
[Fr., prob. from Sp. _morrion_--_morra_, crown of the head. Diez suggests
Basque _murua_, a hill.]
MORISCO, mo-ris'ko, _n._ the Moorish language: a Moorish dance or dancer:
Moorish architecture: one of the Moors who remained in Spain after the fall
of Granada in 1492.--_adj._ MOORISH--(_obs._) MORISK'.
MORISONIAN, mor-i-s[=o]'ni-an, _n._ a member of the Evangelical Union,
formed in 1843 by the Rev. James _Morison_ (1816-93), after his separation
from the United Secession Church.--_n._ MORIS[=O]'NIANISM, the religious
views of Morison and others--essentially a reaction from the Calvinistic
doctrine of the Westminster Confession on predestination and unconditional
election and reprobation.
MORKIN, mor'kin, _n._ a beast that has died by accident.
MORLING, mor'ling, _n._ a sheep dead of disease or its wool.
MORLOP, mor'lop, _n._ a New South Wales jasper.
MORMO, mor'm[=o], _n._ a genus of noctuoid moths: a bugbear.
MORMON, mor'mon, _n._ one of a religious sect in Utah, U.S., openly
polygamous till 1890, calling itself 'The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints,' founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, whose supplement to
the Bible, the _Book of Mormon_, was given out as translated from the
golden plates of one '_Mormon_,' but was really adapted from a MS. romance
written about 1811 by Solomon Spaulding.--_ns._ MOR'MONISM; MOR'MONITE,
MOR'MONIST.
MORMOPS, mor'mops, _n._ a genus of American phyllostomine bats, so called
from their repulsive physiognomy. [Gr. _morm[=o]_, a bugbear, _[=o]ps_,
face.]
MORN, morn, _n._ the first part of the day: morning.--THE MORN (_Scot._),
to-morrow; THE MORN'S MORNING, to-morrow morning. [M. E. _morwen_--A.S.
_morgen_; Ger. _morgen_.]
MORNE, m[=o]rn, _n._ the blunt head of a jousting-lance: a small, rounded
hill.--_adjs._ MORNÉ (m[=o]r-n[=a]'), denoting a lion rampant without teeth
or claws; MORNED (_her._), blunted. [Fr.]
MORNING, morn'ing, _n._ the first part of the day: the early part of
anything: the first dram of the day.--_adj._ pertaining to the morning:
taking place or being in the morning.--_ns._ MORN'ING-DRESS, dress such as
is usually worn in the morning, as opposed to _Evening-dress_;
MORN'ING-GIFT, a gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after
marriage; MORNING-GOWN, a gown for wearing in the morning; MORN'ING-LAND,
the east; MORN'ING-ROOM, a woman's morning boudoir or sitting-room in
English country houses; MORN'ING-SICK'NESS, nausea and vomiting in the
morning, common in the early stages of pregnancy; MORN'ING-STAR, any of the
planets, esp. Venus, when it rises before the sun: a kind of flail with a
star-like ball of metal at the end of a chain, formerly used as a weapon of
war; MORN'ING-TIDE, the morning time: early part; MORN'ING-WATCH, the watch
between 4 and 8 A.M. [Contr. of _morwen-ing_. Cf. _Morn_.]
MOROCCO, mo-rok'[=o], _n._ a fine goat-skin leather, tanned with sumac,
first brought from _Morocco_, afterwards from the Levant and elsewhere: a
sheep-skin leather in imitation of this: a very strong ale, anciently
brewed in Cumberland.--_adj._ consisting of Morocco.--FRENCH MOROCCO, an
inferior kind of Levant morocco, with small grain; LEVANT MOROCCO, a fine
quality of morocco, with large grain; PERSIAN MOROCCO, a morocco finished
on the grain side.
MOROLOGY, m[=o]-rol'o-ji, _n._ foolish talk. [Gr., _m[=o]ros_, a fool,
_logia_--_legein_, to speak.]
MOROSE, m[=o]-r[=o]s', _adj._ of a sour temper: gloomy: severe.--_adv._
MOROSE'LY.--_ns._ MOROSE'NESS, quality of being morose--(_obs._) MOROS'ITY.
[L. _morosus_, peevish--_mos_, _moris_, manner.]
MORPHEUS, mor'f[=u]s, _n._ a god of dreams: sleep.--_adjs._ MORPH[=E]'AN,
MORPHET'IC. [L.]
MORPHIA, mor'fi-a, _n._ the chief narcotic principle of opium: a drug which
causes sleep or deadens pain--also MOR'PHINE.--_ns._ MOR'PHINISM;
MORPHIOM[=A]'NIA; MORPHIOM[=A]'NIAC. [Coined from Gr. _Morpheus_, god of
dreams--_morph[=e]_, shape.]
MORPHIC, mor'fik, _adj._ relating to form, morphological.--_n._
MORPHOGEN'ESIS, the production of morphological characters.--_adj._
MORPHOGENET'IC.--_ns._ MORPHOG'ENY, the genesis of form: morphology;
MORPHOG'RAPHER; MORPHOG'RAPHY, descriptive morphology.--_adjs._
MORPHOLOG'IC, -AL.--_ns._ MORPHOL'OGIST, one who is versed in, or who
writes upon, morphology; MORPHOL'OGY, the science of organic form, of the
development of the forms of living organisms; MORPHON'OMY, the laws of
morphology; MORPH[=O]'SIS, morphogenesis.--_adj._ MORPHOT'IC. [Gr.
_morph[=e]_, form.]
MORRHUA, mor'[=oo]-a, _n._ the chief genus of gadoid fishes, including the
cod (_Gadus_).
MORRIS, MORRICE, mor'is, MORR'IS-DANCE, _n._ a Moorish dance: a dance in
which bells, rattles, tambours, &c. are introduced.--_v.i._ MORR'IS, to
perform by dancing.--_ns._ MORR'IS-DANC'ER; MORR'IS-PIKE (_Shak._), a
Moorish pike.--NINE MEN'S MORRIS, an old English game in which a figure of
squares, one within another, was marked out on aboard or on the turf, and
eighteen pieces or stones, nine for each side, were moved alternately as at
draughts--also _Nine men's merils_. [Sp. _morisco_, Moorish--Sp. _moro_, a
Moor.]
MORROW, mor'[=o], _n._ the day following the present: to-morrow: the next
following day: the time immediately after any event.--_n._ To-MORR'OW, next
day--also _adv._ [M. E. _morwe_=_morwen_; cf. _Morn_.]
MORSE, mors, _n._ the walrus or sea-horse. [Russ. _morj[)u]_, a morse,
prob. from _more_, the sea.]
MORSE, mors, _n._ the metal fastening of the cope, generally of precious
metal, ornamented with jewels--also _Pectoral_. [L. _morsus_, a bite.]
MORSE, mors, _n._ (_coll._) the Morse-code signalling of telegraph
operators, from Sam. F. B. _Morse_ (1791-1872).--MORSE ALPHABET, a system
of symbols to be used in telegraphic messages where Morse's indicator is
used, consisting of dots and dashes combined in different ways to indicate
the different letters.
MORSEL, mor'sel, _n._ a bite or mouthful: a small piece of food: a small
quantity of anything which is divided.--_ns._ MOR'S[=U]RE, the act of
biting; MOR'SUS, a bite. [O. Fr. _morsel_ (Fr. _morceau_, It. _morsello_),
dim. from L. _morsus_--_mord[=e]re_, _morsum_, to bite.]
MORSING-HORN, mor'sing-horn, _n._ the small horn that used to hold the fine
powder used for priming. [Fr. _amorcer_, to prime a gun.]
MORT, mort, _n._ death: a flourish sounded at the death of a buck, & c., in
hunting.
MORT, mort, _n._ a great number or amount of anything.
MORT, mort, _n._ (_slang_) a woman.
MORTAL, mor'tal, _adj._ liable to die: causing death: deadly: fatal:
punishable with death: involving the penalty of spiritual death, as opposed
to _Venial_: extreme, violent, implacable: human: (_coll._) very great,
very long, confounded, very drunk.--_n._ a human being.--_v.t._ MOR'TALISE,
to make mortal.--_n._ MORTAL'ITY, condition of being mortal: death:
frequency or number of deaths, esp. in proportion to population: the human
race.--_adv._ MOR'TALLY--(_coll._) MOR'TAL.--_ns._ MORT'-CLOTH, a pall;
MORT'-STONE, a stone by the wayside on which the bearers lay the bier for a
rest during a funeral procession.--BILLS OF MORTALITY, lists of the numbers
of those who have died in any place during any given time; LAW OF
MORTALITY, rules founded on experience or calculation, showing what average
proportion of those living at the beginning of a given time will be
surviving at its close. [Fr.,--L. _mortalis_--_mori_, to die.]
MORTAR, mor'tar, _n._ a vessel in which substances are pounded with a
pestle: a short and very thick piece of artillery of large calibre, firing
a heavy shell at a fixed angle of 45° or thereabouts, so as to strike
vertically: a cement of lime, sand, and water, used to bind together stones
or bricks in building.--_v.t._ to close up or in as with mortar: to pound
in a mortar.--_n._ MOR'TAR-BOARD, a square board with a handle beneath for
holding mortar which the workman is using: a square-crowned academic cap.
[A.S. _mortere_--L. _mortarium_, a mortar.]
MORTGAGE, mor'g[=a]j, _n._ a conditional conveyance of or lien upon land or
other property as security for the performance of some condition, as the
payment of money, becoming void on the performance of the condition: the
act of conveying, or the deed effecting it.--_v.t._ to pledge as security
for a debt.--_ns._ MORTGAGEE', one to whom a mortgage is made or given;
MORT'GAGER. [O. Fr., _mort_, dead, _gage_, a pledge.]
MORTIER, mor'tye, _n._ a cap of state worn by legal functionaries in
France.
MORTIFEROUS, mor-tif'[.e]r-us, _adj._ death-bringing: fatal. [L. _mors_,
death, _ferre_, to bring.]
MORTIFY, mor'ti-f[=i], _v.t._ to destroy the vital functions of: to subdue
by severities and penance: to vex: to humble: (_Scots law_) to dispose of
by mortification.--_v.i._ to lose vitality, to gangrene: to be
subdued:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ mor'tified.--_ns._ MORTIFIC[=A]'TION, act of
mortifying or state of being mortified: the death of one part of an animal
body: a bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict
manner of living: humiliation: vexation: that which mortifies or vexes:
(_Scots law_) a bequest to some charitable institution; MOR'TIFIEDNESS,
subjugation of the passions; MOR'TIFIER, one who mortifies.--_adj._
MOR'TIFYING, tending to mortify or humble: humiliating: vexing. [Fr.,--Low
L. _mortific[=a]re_, to cause death to--_mors_ death, _fac[)e]re_, to
make.]
MORTISE, mor'tis, _n._ a cavity cut into a piece of timber to receive the
tenon, a projection on another piece made to fit it: stability, power of
adhesion--also MOR'TICE.--_v.t._ to cut a mortise in: to join by a mortise
and tenon. [Fr. _mortaise_; ety. unknown.]
MORTMAIN, mort'm[=a]n, _n._ the transfer of property to a corporation,
which is said to be a dead hand, or one that can never part with it
again.--STATUTES OF MORTMAIN, acts of parliament restricting or forbidding
the giving of property to religious houses. [Fr. _mort_, dead, _main_--L.
_manus_, the hand.]
MORTUARY, mort'[=u]-ar-i, _n. adj._ belonging to the burial of the
dead.--_n._ a burial-place, place for the temporary reception of the dead:
a gift claimed by the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
[Low L.,--L. _mortuus_, dead, _mori_, to die.]
MORULA, mor'[=u]-la, _n._ condition of an ovum after complete segmentation:
button-scurvy.
MORUS, m[=o]'rus, _n._ a genus of trees or shrubs of the nettle family--the
mulberries. [L.]
MOSAIC, mö-z[=a]'ik, _n._ a kind of work in which designs are formed by
small pieces of coloured marble, glass, &c. cemented on a ground of stucco,
or inlaid upon metal.--_adj._ relating to, or composed of, mosaic.--_adv._
MOS[=A]'ICALLY.--_n._ MOS[=A]'ICIST.--MOSAIC GOLD, an alloy of copper and
zinc--also _Ormolu_. [Fr.,--L. _musæum_ or _musivum_ (_opus_), mosaic
(work)--Gr. _mouseios_--_Mousa_, a muse.]
MOSAIC, m[=o]-z[=a]'ik, _adj._ pertaining to _Moses_, the great Jewish
lawgiver.--_n._ M[=O]'SAISM.--MOSAIC LAW, the law of the Jews given by
Moses at Mount Sinai.
MOSAUSAURUS, m[=o]-sa-saw'rus, _n._ the typical genus of a group of huge
fossil marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous strata of Europe and
America. [L. _Mosa_, the river Meuse, Gr. _sauros_, a lizard.]
MOSCHATEL, mos'ka-tel, _n._ a plant with pale-green flowers and a musky
smell. [Fr. _moscatelline_--Low L. _moschatellina_--_muscus_, musk.]
MOSCHIFEROUS, mos-kif'e-rus, _adj._ producing musk.
MOSE, m[=o]z, _n._ (_Shak._) a disease of horses.--_v.i._ to have this.
[Prob. Old High Ger. _m[=a]s[=a]_, a spot.]
MOSELLE, mo-zel', _n._ light wines from the district of the river
_Moselle_, with an aromatic flavour.
MOSEY, m[=o]'zi, _v.i._ (_Amer. slang_) to go off quickly: to hurry up.
MOSLEM, moz'lem, _n._ a Mussulman or Mohammedan.--_adj._ of or belonging to
the Mohammedans.--_n._ MOS'LEMISM. [Ar. _muslim_, pl.
_muslim[=i]n_--_salama_, to submit (to God). Doublet _Mussulman_.]
MOSLINGS, moz'lingz, _n.pl._ the thin shavings taken off by the currier in
dressing skins. [_Morsel_.]
MOSQUE, mosk, _n._ a Mohammedan place of worship. [Fr.,--Sp.
_mezquita_--Ar. _masjid_--_sajada_, to pray.]
MOSQUITO, mos-k[=e]'to, _n._ a biting gnat, common in tropical
countries:--_pl._ MOSQUI'TOES.--MOSQUITO CANOPY, curtain, net, an
arrangement of netting set over a bed, in a window, &c., to keep out
mosquitoes. [Sp., dim. of _mosca_, a fly--L. _musca_.]
MOSS, mos, _n._ a family of flowerless plants with branching stems and
narrow, simple leaves: popularly any small cryptogamic plant, esp. a
lichen: a piece of ground covered with moss: a bog.--_v.t._ to cover with
moss.--_ns._ MOSS'-BACK, an old fish: a person of antiquated views;
MOSS'-CHEEP'ER (_Scot._), the titlark.--_adj._ MOSS'-GROWN, covered with
moss.--_ns._ MOSS'-HAG (_Scot._), a pit or slough in a bog; MOSS'INESS;
MOSS'-LAND, land abounding in peat-bogs; MOSS'-ROSE, a variety of rose
having a moss-like growth on and below the calyx; MOSS'TROOP'ER, one of the
robbers that used to infest the mosses of the Border.--_adj._ MOSS'Y,
overgrown or abounding with moss.--ICELAND MOSS (see ICELAND). [A.S.
_meós_; Dut. _mos_, Ger. _moos_.]
MOSS-BUNKER, mos'-bung-k[.e]r, _n._ the menhaden. [Dut. _mars-banker_, the
scad or horse-mackerel.]
MOST, m[=o]st, _adj._ (_superl._ of MORE), greatest in age, position or
rank, number, degree, &c.--_adv._ in the highest degree.--_n._ the greatest
number or quantity.--_advs._ MOST'LY; MOST'WHAT (_Spens._), for the most
part, mostly.--AT (THE) MOST, to the utmost extent; FOR THE MOST PART,
chiefly; MAKE THE MOST OF (see MAKE). [A.S. _m['æ]st_; cog. with Ger.
_meist_.]
MOT, m[=o], _n._ a pithy or witty saying.--MOT D'ORDRE, word of command.
[Fr.]
MOT, mot, _n._ a note on the bugle, &c., or its mark in musical notation.
[Fr.,--L. _muttum_, a murmur.]
MOTATORIOUS, m[=o]-ta-t[=o]'ri-us, _adj._ vibratory, excessively mobile--of
long-legged spiders and crane-flies, &c. [L. _mot[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_ to
keep moving, freq. of _mov[=e]re_, to move.]
MOTE, m[=o]t, _n._ an archaism for might or must.
MOTE, m[=o]t, _n._ a particle of dust: a speck: a stain or blemish:
anything very small.--_adjs._ M[=O]T'ED, MOT'TY, containing motes. [A.S.
_mot_; Dut. _mot_.]
MOTET, mo-tet', _n._ a sacred cantata of several unconnected movements, as
a solo, trio, chorus, fugue, &c.: a choral composition having a biblical or
similar prose text.--_n._ MOTET'TIST, a composer of such. [Fr.,--It.
_mottetto_--_motto_, saying.]
MOTH., moth, _n._ a family of insects like butterflies, seen mostly at
night: the larva of this insect which gnaws cloth: that which eats away
gradually and silently.--_v.t._ MOTH'-EAT, to prey upon, as a moth eats a
garment.--_adj._ MOTH'-EAT'EN, eaten or cut by moths.--_n._ MOTH'-HUNT'ER,
a little kind of swallow which hunts moths, &c., called also the
_Goatsucker_.--_adj._ MOTH'Y, full of moths.--DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH, (see
DEATH). [A.S. _moþþe_, _mohþe_; Ger. _motte_.]
MOTHER, muth'[.e]r, _n._ a female parent, esp. one of the human race: a
woman in relation to her child: a matron: that which has produced anything:
the female head of a religious house: a familiar term of address to an old
woman.--_adj._ received by birth, as it were from one's mother: natural:
acting the part of a mother: originating.--_v.t._ to adopt as a son or
daughter.--_ns._ MOTH'ER-CHURCH, the church from which others have sprung;
MOTH'ER-COUN'TRY, -LAND, the country of one's birth: the country from which
a colony has gone out; MOTH'ERHOOD, state of being a mother; MOTH'ERING, a
rural English custom of visiting one's parents on Mid-Lent Sunday;
MOTH'ER-IN-LAW, the mother of one's husband or wife.--_adj._ MOTH'ERLESS,
without a mother.--_n._ MOTH'ERLINESS.--_adj._ MOTH'ERLY, pertaining to, or
becoming, a mother: like a mother: parental: tender.--_ns._
MOTH'ER-OF-PEARL', the nacreous internal layer of the shells of several
molluscs, esp. of the pearl-oyster, so called because producing the pearl;
MOTH'ER'S-MARK, a birth-mark; MOTH'ER-TONGUE, a person's native language: a
language from which another has its origin; MOTH'ER-WA'TER, the residual
liquid remaining after the chemical substances it contained have been
crystallised or precipitated; MOTH'ER-WIT, native wit: common-sense;
MOTH'ER-WORT, a labiate plant growing in waste places; QUEEN'-MOTH'ER, the
mother of a reigning sovereign.--MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN, the stormy petrel,
or other bird of the same family; MOTHER-HUBBARD, a woman's loose flowing
gown, like that proper to the nursery heroine.--EVERY MOTHER'S SON, all,
without exception. [A.S. _móder_; Dut. _moeder_, Ice. _móðir_, Ger.
_mutter_, Ir. and Gael. _mathair_, L. _mater_, Gr. _m[=e]t[=e]r_, Sans,
_mátá_, _mátri_.]
MOTHER, muth[.e]r, _n._ dregs or sediments, as of vinegar.--_v.i._ to
become concreted.--_adj._ MOTH'ERY. [_Mud_.]
MOTIF, m[=o]-t[=e]f', _n._ an old form of motive: a theme or ground for
intellectual action, or a leading subject in a dramatic work: in a musical
composition the principal subject on which the movement is constructed.
[Fr.,--L. _motus_, moved.]
MOTION, m[=o]'shun, _n._ the act or state of moving: a single movement:
change of posture: gait: power of moving or of being moved: angular
velocity--_direct_ when from west to east; _retrograde_ when from east to
west: excitement of the mind: any natural impulse, instigation: proposal
made, esp. in an assembly: an application to a court, during a case before
it, for an order or rule that something be done, esp. something incidental
to the progress of the cause rather than its issue: evacuation of the
intestine: (_pl._, _B._) impulses.--_v.i._ to make a significant movement,
to offer a proposal.--_v.t._ to guide by a gesture, &c.: to move.--_adj._
M[=O]'TILE, capable of spontaneous motion.--_n._ MOTIL'ITY.--_adj._
MO'TIONAL, characterised by motions.--_n._ M[=O]'TIONIST, one who makes a
motion.--_adj._ M[=O]'TIONLESS, without motion.--ABSOLUTE MOTION, change of
absolute place; ACCELERATED MOTION, motion of which the velocity is
continually increasing; ANGULAR MOTION, motion regarded as measured by the
increase of the angle made with some standard direction by a line drawn
from the moving object to a fixed point; LAWS OF MOTION, Newton's three
laws: (1) Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion
in a straight line, except so far as it may be compelled by force to change
that state; (2) Change of motion is proportional to force applied, and
takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts;
(3) To every action there is always an equal and contrary reaction;
PARALLEL MOTION (see PARALLEL); PERPETUAL MOTION (see PERPETUAL); QUANTITY
OF MOTION, momentum. [Fr.,--L.,--_mov[=e]re_, _m[=o]tum_, to move.]
MOTIVE, m[=o]'tiv, _adj._ causing motion: having power to cause
motion.--_n._ that which moves or excites to action: inducement:
reason.--_v.t._ to act on as a motive, instigate.--_v.t._ M[=O]'TIV[=A]TE,
to act on as a motive, induce.--_n._ MOTIV[=A]'TION.--_adj._
M[=O]TIVELESS.--_ns._ M[=O]'TIVELESSNESS; M[=O]'TIVE-POWER, or -FORCE, the
force acting upon a body so as to cause it to move; MOTIV'ITY, power of
producing motion: the quality of being influenced by motion. [Fr., through
Low L., from _mov[=e]re_, _m[=o]tum_ to move.]
MOTLEY, mot'li, _adj._ covered with spots of different colours: consisting
of different colours: composed of various parts, heterogeneous.--_n._
clothes made of pieces of different colours: the dress of a jester: any
mixture, esp. of colours.--_adj._ MOT'LEY-MIND'ED (_Shak._), having fickle
and foolish thoughts and feelings.--MAN OF MOTLEY, a jester. [Skeat
explains M. E. _mottelee_ as through O. Fr. _mattelé_, clotted,
curdled--Bavarian _matte_, curds.]
MOTMOT, mot'mot, _n._ a sawbill.
MOTOGRAPH, m[=o]'to-graf, _n._ a device of Edison's, used as a telephone
receiver, &c., by which the variation of the friction between two
conductors in relative motion is diminished periodically by the passage of
a current of electricity from one to the other across the surface of
contact.--_adj._ MOTOGRAPH'IC. [L. _motus_, motion, Gr. _graphein_, to
write.]
MOTOPHONE, m[=o]'to-f[=o]n, _n._ a sound-engine of Edison's actuated by
aerial sound-waves. [L. _motus_, motion, Gr. _ph[=o]n[=e]_, a voice.]
MOTOR, m[=o]'tor, _n._ a mover: that which gives motion: a machine by means
of which steam or other sources of force can be used to give motion or
produce work.--_adj._ giving or transmitting motion.--_ns._ M[=O]'TOR-CAR,
a vehicle for the road impelled by steam, electricity, or petrol (petroleum
spirit); M[=O]'TOR-DY'NAMO, a dynamo used as a motor.--_adjs._
MOT[=O]'RIAL, M[=O]'TORY, giving motion.--_n._ MOT[=O]'RIUM, that part of
the nervous organism instrumental in the exertion of motor influence:--opp.
to _Sensorium_, that which feels or perceives.--_adj._ MOTORPATH'IC,
belonging to MOTOR'PATHY or the movement cure.--MOTOR NERVE, any nerve
which transmits impulse to the muscles.--AIR-MOTOR, a machine impelled by
compressed air. [Cf. _Motive_.]
MOTTLE, mot'l, _v.t._ to mark with spots as if stained.--_n._ the
arrangement of spots on any mottled surface, in marble, &c.--_adjs._
MOTT'LED, marked with spots of various colours or shades;
Mott'LE-FACED.--_n._ MOTT'LING. [_Motley_.]
MOTTO, mot'[=o], _n._ a short sentence or phrase prefixed in anything
intimating the subject of it: a phrase attached to a coat-of-arms: a paper
packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, &c., together with a scrap of paper
bearing a motto--a motto-kiss:--_pl._ MOTTOES (mot'[=o]z).--_adj._
MOTT'OED. [Low L. _muttum_--_mutt[=i]re_, to mutter.]
MOUCHARABY, m[=oo]-shar'a-bi, _n._ a balcony enclosed with lattice-work: an
embattled balcony with parapet and machicolations. [Fr.]