Chapter 999

Arouse thee from thy moody dream! Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.

Moolah, Moollah <Xpage=942>

Moo"lah (?) , Mool"lah , n. See Mollah .

Moolley <Xpage=942>

Mool"ley (?) , n. Same as Mulley .

Moon <Xpage=942>

Moon (?) , n. [OE. mone , AS. m\'d3na ; akin to D. maan , OS. & OHG. m\'beno , G. mond , Icel. m\'beni , Dan. maane , Sw. m\'86ne , Goth. m\'c7na , Lith. men<?/ , L. mensis month, Gr. <?/ moon, <?/ month, Skr. m\'bes moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. m\'be to measure), from its serving to measure the time. \'fb271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses , Monday , Month .] 1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month , under Month .

The crescent moon , the diadem of night. Cowper.

2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn .

3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

Shak.

4. (Fort.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon .

Moon blindness . (a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks . (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia. -- Moon dial , a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. -- Moon face , a round face like a full moon. -- Moon madness , lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month , a lunar month. -- Moon trefoil (Bot.) , a shrubby species of medic ( Medicago arborea ). See Medic . -- Moon year , a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.

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Moon , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mooned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning .] To expose to the rays of the moon.

If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned . Holland.

Moon <Xpage=942>

Moon , v. i. To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley.

Moonbeam <Xpage=942>

Moon"beam` (?) , n. A ray of light from the moon.

Moonblind <Xpage=942>

Moon"blind` (?) , a. Dim-sighted; purblind.

Moonblink <Xpage=942>

Moon"blink` (?) , n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia .

Mooncalf <Xpage=942>

Moon"calf` (?) , n. 1. A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.

2. A dolt; a stupid fellow.

Dryden.

Moon-culminating <Xpage=942>

Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting (?) , a. Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.

Mooned <Xpage=942>

Mooned (?) , a. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. "Sharpening in mooned horns." " Mooned Ashtaroth."

Milton.

Mooner <Xpage=942>

Moon"er (?) , n. One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck. [R.]

Dickens.

Moonery <Xpage=942>

Moon"er*y (?) , n. Conduct of one who moons. [R.]

Moonet <Xpage=942>

Moon"et (?) , n. A little moon. [R.]

Bp. Hall.

Moon-eye <Xpage=942>

Moon"-eye` (?) , n. 1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon , esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters. (b) The cisco.

Moon-eyed <Xpage=942>

Moon"-eyed` (?) , a. Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.

Moon-faced <Xpage=942>

Moon"-faced` (?) , a. Having a round, full face.

Moonfish <Xpage=942>

Moon"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) An American marine fish ( Vomer setipennis ); -- called also bluntnosed shiner , horsefish , and sunfish . (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ( Selene vomer ); -- called also lookdown , and silver moonfish . (c) The mola. See Sunfish , 1.

Moonflower <Xpage=942>

Moon"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy . (b) A kind of morning glory ( Ipom\'d2a Bona-nox ) with large white flowers opening at night.

Moong <Xpage=942>

Moong (?) , n. (Bot.) Same as Mung .

Moonglade <Xpage=942>

Moon"glade` (?) , n. The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water. [Poetic]

Moonie <Xpage=942>

Moo"nie (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European goldcrest.

<-- (inf. & derog) a follower of the Korean religious cult leader Sun Myung Moon -->

Moonish <Xpage=942>

Moon"ish (?) , a. Like the moon; variable.

Being but a moonish youth. Shak.

Moonless <Xpage=942>

Moon"less , a. Being without a moon or moonlight.

Moonlight <Xpage=942>

Moon`light` (?) , n. The light of the moon. -- a. Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

Moonling <Xpage=942>

Moon"ling (?) , n. A simpleton; a lunatic. [Obs.]

Moonlit <Xpage=942>

Moon"lit` (?) , a. Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore . " Moonlit dells." Lowell .

Moonraker <Xpage=942>

Moon"rak`er (?) , n. (Naut.) Same as Moonsail .

Moonrise <Xpage=942>

Moon"rise` (?) , n. The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising.

Moonsail <Xpage=942>

Moon"sail` (?) , n. (Naut.) A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.

R. H. Dana, Jr.

Moonseed <Xpage=942>

Moon"seed` (?) , n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum ; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Moonset <Xpage=942>

Moon"set` (?) , n. The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.

Moonshee <Xpage=942>

Moon"shee (?) , n. [Hind. munish\'c6 , fr. Ar. munish\'c6 a writer, author, secretary, tutor.] A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]

Moonshine <Xpage=942>

Moon"shine` (?) , n. 1. The light of the moon.

2. Hence, show without substance or reality.

3. A month. [R.]

Shak.

4. A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.]

Moonshine <Xpage=942>

Moon"shine` , a. Moonlight. [R.]

Clarendon.

Moonshiner <Xpage=942>

Moon"shin`er (?) , n. A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]

Moonshiny <Xpage=942>

Moon"shin`y (?) , a. Moonlight. [Colloq.]

I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.

Moonstone <Xpage=942>

Moon"stone` (?) , n. (Min.) A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.

Moonsticken <Xpage=942>

Moon"stick`en (?) , a. See Moonstruck .

Moonstruck <Xpage=942>

Moon"struck` (?) , a. 1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. " Moonstruck madness."

Milton.

3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence.

Moonwort <Xpage=942>

Moon"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty . (b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium , esp. B. Lunaria ; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.

Moony <Xpage=942>

Moon"y (?) , a. 1. Of or pertaining to the moon.

Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.

2. Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.

But soon the miscreant moony host Before the victor cross shall fly. Fenton.

3. Silly; weakly sentimental. [Colloq.]

G. Eliot.

Moor <Xpage=942>

Moor (?) , n. [F. More , Maure , L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. <?/; cf. <?/ black, dark. Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco .] 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors , Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous."

Internat. Cyc.

Moor <Xpage=942>

Moor , n. [OE. mor , AS. m\'d3r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor , and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere . See Mere a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor . Carew.

2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Moor buzzard (Zo\'94l.) , the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.) , a friable variety of lignite. -- Moor cock (Zo\'94l.) , the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. -- Moor coot . (Zo\'94l.) See Gallinule . -- Moor fowl . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ( Lagopus Scoticus ) . (b) The European heath grouse . See under Heath . -- Moor game . (Zo\'94l.) Same as Moor fowl (above). -- Moor grass (Bot.) , a tufted perennial grass ( Sesleria c\'91rulea ), found in mountain pastures of Europe. -- Moor hawk (Zo\'94l.) , the marsh harrier. -- Moor hen . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl . (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule . (c) An Australian rail ( Tribonyx ventralis ). -- Moor monkey (Zo\'94l.) , the black macaque of Borneo ( Macacus maurus ). -- Moor titling (Zo\'94l.) , the European stonechat ( Pratinocola rubicola ).

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Moor <Xpage=943>

Moor (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring .] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar .] 1. (Naut.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.

2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.

Brougham.

Moor <Xpage=943>

Moor , v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast.

On oozy ground his galleys moor . Dryden.

Moorage <Xpage=943>

Moor"age (?) , n. A place for mooring.

Moorball <Xpage=943>

Moor"ball` (?) , n. (Bot.) A fresh-water alga ( Cladophora \'92gagropila ) which forms a globular mass.

Moorband <Xpage=943>

Moor"band` (?) , n. See Moorpan .

Mooress <Xpage=943>

Moor"ess (?) , n. A female Moor; a Moorish woman.

Mooring <Xpage=943>

Moor"ing , n. 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.

2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.

3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined.

And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore.

Mooring block (Naut.) , a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.

Moorish <Xpage=943>

Moor"ish , a. [From 2d Moor .] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. " Moorish fens."

Thomson.

Moorish <Xpage=943>

Moor"ish , a. [See 1st Moor , and cf. Morris , Moresque .] Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.

Moorish architecture , the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust . under Moresque .

Moorland <Xpage=943>

Moor"land (?) , n. [AS. m\'d3rland .] Land consisting of a moor or moors.

Moorpan <Xpage=943>

Moor"pan` (?) , n. [Cf. Hard pan , under Hard .] A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.

Moorstone <Xpage=943>

Moor"stone` (?) , n. A species of English granite, used as a building stone.

Mooruk <Xpage=943>

Moo"ruk (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of cassowary ( Casuarius Bennetti ) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue.

Moory <Xpage=943>

Moor"y (?) , a. Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.

Mortimer.

As when thick mists arise from moory vales. Fairfax.

Moory <Xpage=943>

Moor"y , n. A kind of blue cloth made in India.

Balfour (Cyc of India).

Moose <Xpage=943>

Moose (?) , n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah ; Algonquin monse . Mackenzie .] (Zo\'94l.) A large cervine mammal ( Alces machlis , or A. Americanus ), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zo\'94logists is considered the same species. See Elk .

Moose bird (Zo\'94l.) , the Canada jayor whisky jack. See Whisky jack . -- Moose deer . Same as Moose . -- Moose yard (Zo\'94l.) , a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection.

Moosewood <Xpage=943>

Moose"wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum) . (b) Leatherwood.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot (?) , v. See 1st Mot . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot (?) , n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mooted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooting .] [OE. moten , motien , AS. m\'d3tan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m\'d3t , gem\'d3t , a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m\'d3t , MHG. muoz . Cf. Meet to come together.] 1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted , in this country. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.

First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. Sir T. Elyot.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot (?) , v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case.

There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot , n. [AS. m\'d3t , gem\'d3t , a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also mote .] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk- moot .

J. R. Green.

2. [From Moot , v. ] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots . Sir T. Elyot.

Moot case , a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. Dryden . -- Moot court , a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. -- Moot point , a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

Moot <Xpage=943>

Moot , a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

Mootable <Xpage=943>

Moot"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being mooted.

Mooter <Xpage=943>

Moot"er (?) , n. A disputer of a mooted case.

Moot-hall, Moot-house <Xpage=943>

Moot"-hall` (?) , Moot"-house` (?) , n. [AS. m\'d3th<?/s .] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] "The moot-hall of Herod."

Wyclif.

Moot-hill <Xpage=943>

Moot"-hill` (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill .

J. R. Green.

Mootman <Xpage=943>

Moot"man (?) , n. ; pl. Mootmen (<?/) . (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

Mop <Xpage=943>

Mop (?) , n. [See Mope .] A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!"

Beau. & Fl.

Mop <Xpage=943>

Mop , v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.]

Shak.

Mop <Xpage=943>

Mop , n. [CF. W. mop , mopa , Ir. moipal , Gael. moibeal , moibean ; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map , Napkin ).] 1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.