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2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]

3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Mop head . (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened . (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop . [U.S.]

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Mop , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mopped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping .] To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.

Mopboard <Xpage=943>

Mop"board` (?) , n. (Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard .

Mope <Xpage=943>

Mope (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Moping .] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless. " Moping melancholy."

Milton.

A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope . Shak.

Mope <Xpage=943>

Mope , v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]

Mope <Xpage=943>

Mope , n. A dull, spiritless person.

Burton.

Mope-eyed <Xpage=943>

Mope"-eyed` (?) , a. Shortsighted; purblind.

Mopeful <Xpage=943>

Mope"ful (?) , a. Mopish. [R.]

Mopish <Xpage=943>

Mop"ish (?) , a. Dull; spiritless; dejected. -- Mop"ish*ly , adv. -- Mop"ish*ness , n.

Moplah <Xpage=943>

Mop"lah (?) , n. [Malayalam m\'bepplia .] One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar.

Moppet <Xpage=943>

Mop"pet (?) , n. [From 3d Mop .] 1. A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A long-haired pet dog.

Mopsey, Mopsy <Xpage=943>

Mop"sey , Mop"sy (?) , n. 1. A moppet.

2. A slatternly, untidy woman.

Halliwell.

Mopsical <Xpage=943>

Mop"si*cal (?) , a. Shortsighted; mope-eyed.

Mopstick <Xpage=943>

Mop"stick` (?) , n. The long handle of a mop.

Mopus <Xpage=943>

Mo"pus (?) , n. A mope; a drone. [Obs.]

Swift.

Moquette <Xpage=943>

Mo*quette" (?) , n. [F.] A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.

Mora <Xpage=943>

Mor"a (?) , n. [It.] A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

Mora <Xpage=943>

Mo"ra (?) , n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad ( Dimorphandra excelsa ); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.

Mora <Xpage=943>

Mo"ra , n. [L.] (Rom. & Civil Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.

Moraine <Xpage=943>

Mo*raine" (?) , n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m\'81rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi , AS. mearu tender, Gr. <?/ to cause to wither, Skr. ml\'be to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.

Lyell.

&hand; If the moranie is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moranie ; if at the side, a lateral moranie ; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moranie . See Illust . of Glacier . In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moranies of the branches of the glacier. A ground moranie is one beneath the mass of ice.

Morainic <Xpage=943>

Mo*rain"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a moranie.

Moral <Xpage=943>

Mor"al (?) , a. [F., fr. It. moralis , fr. mos , moris , manner, custom, habit, way of life, conduct.] 1. Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.

Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. Hooker.

Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. Dryden.

She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. Hawthorne.

2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man . Used sometimes in distinction from religious ; as, a moral rather than a religious life .

The wiser and more moral part of mankind. Sir M. Hale.

3. Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.

A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense. J. Edwards.

4. Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations . Sometimes opposed to material and physical ; as, moral pressure or support .

5. Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable ; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.

6. Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.

Moral agent , a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong. -- Moral certainty , a very high degree or probability, although not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon in the affairs of life; as, there is a moral certainty of his guilt . -- Moral insanity , insanity, so called, of the moral system; badness alleged to be irresponsible. -- Moral philosophy , the science of duty; the science which treats of the nature and condition of man as a moral being, of the duties which result from his moral relations, and the reasons on which they are founded. -- Moral play , an allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.] -- Moral sense , the power of moral judgment and feeling; the capacity to perceive what is right or wrong in moral conduct, and to approve or disapprove, independently of education or the knowledge of any positive rule or law. -- Moral theology , theology applied to morals; practical theology; casuistry.

Moral <Xpage=943>

Mor"al (?) , n. 1. The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.

Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them. South.

2. The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.

Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself. Shak.

To point a moral , or adorn a tale. Johnson.

We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters. Macaulay.

3. A morality play. See Morality , 5.

Moral <Xpage=943>

Mor"al , v. i. To moralize. [Obs.]

Shak.

Morale <Xpage=943>

Mo`rale" (?) , n. [F. See Moral , a. ] The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.

Moraler <Xpage=943>

Mor"al*er (?) , n. A moralizer. [Obs.]

Shak.

Moralism <Xpage=943>

Mor"al*ism (?) , n. A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.

Farrar.

Moralist <Xpage=943>

Mor"al*ist , n. [Cf. F. moraliste .] 1. One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.

Addison.

2. One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.

The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. Hammond.

Morality <Xpage=943>

Mo*ral"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Moralities (#) . [L. moralitas : cf. F. moralit\'82 .] 1. The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.

The morality of an action is founded in the freedom of that principle, by virtue of which it is in the agent's power, having all things ready and requisite to the performance of an action, either to perform or not perform it. South.

2. The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.

Of moralitee he was the flower. Chaucer.

I am bold to think that morality is capable of demonstration. Locke.

3. The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.

The end of morality is to procure the affections to obey reason, and not to invade it. Bacon.

The system of morality to be gathered out of ... ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Swift.

4. The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question .

5. A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.

Strutt.

6. Intent; meaning; moral. [Obs.]

Taketh the morality thereof, good men. Chaucer.

Moralization <Xpage=943>

Mor`al*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. moralisation .] 1. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.

2. Explanation in a moral sense.

T. Warton.

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Moralize <Xpage=944>

Mor"al*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moralized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Moralizing (?) .] [Cf. F. moraliser .] 1. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

This fable is moralized in a common proverb. L'Estrange.

Did he not moralize this spectacle? Shak.

2. To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. Wordsworth.

3. To render moral; to correct the morals of.

It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay.

4. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.

Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. Sir T. Browne.

Moralize <Xpage=944>

Mor"al*ize (?) , v. i. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

Moralizer <Xpage=944>

Mor"al*i`zer (?) , n. One who moralizes.

Morally <Xpage=944>

Mor"al*ly , adv. 1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.

By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood. South.

2. According to moral rules; virtuously. "To live morally ."

Dryden.

3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships .

4. In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.

It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon his guard. L'Estrange.

Morass <Xpage=944>

Mo*rass" (?) , n. [OE. marras , mareis (perh. through D. moeras ), fr. F. marais , prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See Mere a lake, and cf. Marsh .] A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

Morass ore . (Min.) See Bog ore , under Bog .

morassy <Xpage=944>

mo*rass"y (?) , a. Marshy; fenny. [R.]

Pennant.

Morate <Xpage=944>

Mo"rate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of moric acid.

Moration <Xpage=944>

Mo*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. moratio .] A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Moravian <Xpage=944>

Mo*ra"vi*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian , n.

Moravian <Xpage=944>

Mo*ra"vi*an , n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethern (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren , was re\'89stablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter .

Moravianism <Xpage=944>

Mo*ra"vi*an*ism (?) , n. The religious system of the Moravians.

Moray <Xpage=944>

Mor"ay (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A mur\'91na.

Morbid <Xpage=944>

Mor"bid (?) , a. [L. morbidus , fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide , It. morbido . See Mortal .] 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart."

Hawthorne.

2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy .

Syn. -- Diseased; sickly; sick. -- Morbid , Diseased . Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased , but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system ; a morbid sensibility, etc.

Morbidezza <Xpage=944>

Mor`bi*dez"za (?) , n. [It., softness, delicacy. See Morbid .] 1. (Fine Arts) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.

Ludden.

Morbidity <Xpage=944>

Mor*bid"i*ty (?) , n. 1. The quality or state of being morbid.

2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness.

C. Kingsley.

3. Amount of disease; sick rate.

Morbidly <Xpage=944>

Mor"bid*ly (?) , adv. In a morbid manner.

Morbidness <Xpage=944>

Mor"bid*ness , n. The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

Morbific, Morbifical <Xpage=944>

Mor*bif"ic (?) , Mor*bif"ic*al (?) , a. [L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique . See -fy .] Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter .

Morbillous <Xpage=944>

Mor*bil"lous (?) , a. [LL. morbilli measles, dim. of L. morbus disease: cf. F. morbilleux .] Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.

Morbose <Xpage=944>

Mor*bose" (?) , a. [L. morbosus , fr. morbus disease.] Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.

Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. Ray.

Morbosity <Xpage=944>

Mor*bos"i*ty (?) , n. [L. morbositas .] A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Morceau <Xpage=944>

Mor`ceau" (?) , n. [F.] A bit; a morsel.

Mordacious <Xpage=944>

Mor*da"cious (?) , a. [L. mordax , -acis , fr. mordere , morsum , to bite. See Morsel .] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly , adv.

Mordacity <Xpage=944>

Mor*dac"i*ty (?) , n. [L. mordacitas : cf. F. mordacit\'82 . See Mordacious .] The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.

Bacon.

Mordant <Xpage=944>

Mor"dant (?) , a. [F., p.pr. of mordere to bite; L. mordere . See Morsel .] 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors.

Mordant <Xpage=944>

Mor"dant , n. [F., originally, biting.] 1. Any corroding substance used in etching.

2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in , the dyes.

3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.

Mordant <Xpage=944>

Mor"dant (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mordanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mordanting .] To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing .

Mordantly <Xpage=944>

Mor"dant*ly , adv. In the manner of a mordant.

Mordente <Xpage=944>

Mor*den"te (?) , n. [It.] (Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill.

Mordicancy <Xpage=944>

Mor"di*can*cy (?) , n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. [R.]

Evelyn.

Mordicant <Xpage=944>

Mor"di*cant (?) , a. [L. mordicans , p.pr. of mordicare to bite, fr. mordere : cf. F. mordicant .] Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body . [R.]

Boyle.

Mordication <Xpage=944>

Mor`di*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. mordicatio .] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [R.]

Bacon.

Mordicative <Xpage=944>

Mor"di*ca*tive (?) , a. [L. mordicativus .] Biting; corrosive. [R.]

Holland.

More <Xpage=944>

More (?) , n. [AS. m\'d3r . See Moor a waste.] A hill. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

More <Xpage=944>