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MONOSTYLE, mon'[=o]-st[=i]l, _adj._ (_archit._) consisting of a single shaft. [Gr. _monos_, alone, _stylos_, a pillar.]

MONOSY, mon'[=o]-si, _n._ (_bot._) an abnormal condition in which organs usually entire or united are found disunited. [Gr. _mon[=o]sis_--_monos_, single.]

MONOSYLLABLE, mon-[=o]-sil'la-bl, _n._ a word of one syllable.--_adj._ MONOSYLLAB'IC, consisting of one syllable, or of words of one syllable.--_n._ MONOSYL'LABISM, an exclusive use of monosyllables, as in Chinese.

MONOSYMMETRIC, mon-[=o]-sim-et'rik, _adj._ having only one plane of symmetry in crystallisation.--_adj._ MONOSYMMET'RICAL (_bot._), of flowers capable of being bisected into similar halves in only one plane.

MONOTESSARON, mon-[=o]-tes'a-ron, _n._ a harmony of the four gospels.

MONOTHALAMOUS, mon-[=o]-thal'a-mus, _adj._ (_bot._) single-chambered: with but one cavity. [Gr. _monos_, single, _thalamos_, a chamber.]

MONOTHEISM, mon'[=o]-th[=e]-izm, _n._ the belief in only one God.--_n._ MON'OTHEIST, one who believes that there is but one God.--_adj._ MONOTHEIST'IC. [Gr. _monos_, alone, _theos_, God.]

MONOTHELITE, mon-oth'e-l[=i]t, _n._ one who holds that Christ had but one will and one operation or energy, as He had but one nature.--_ns._ MONOTH'ELISM, MONOTHELIT'ISM. [Gr. _monos_, alone, _thel[=e]t[=e]s_, one who wills--_thelein_, to will.]

MONOTHETIC, mon-[=o]-thet'ik, _adj._ assuming a single essential element. [Gr. _monos_, single, _thetos_, verbal adj. of _tithenai_, to put.]

MONOTINT, mon'[=o]-tint, _n._ drawing or painting in a single tint.

MONOTOCOUS, m[=o]-not'o-kus, _adj._ having one only at a birth. [Gr. _monos_, single, _tiktein_, to bear.]

MONOTONE, mon'[=o]-t[=o]n, _n._ a single, unvaried tone or sound: a succession of sounds having the same pitch: a piece of writing in one strain throughout.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to intone, chant.--_adjs._ MONOTON'IC, MONOT'ONOUS, uttered in one unvaried tone: marked by dull uniformity.--_adv._ MONOT'ONOUSLY.--_n._ MONOT'ONY, dull uniformity of tone or sound: want of modulation in speaking or reading: (_fig._) irksome sameness or want of variety. [Gr. _monos_, alone, _tonos_, a tone.]

MONOTREMATA, mon-[=o]-trem'a-ta, _n.pl._ the lowest order of Mammalia, having a single opening for the genital and digestive organs.--_adj._ MONOTREM'ATOUS--also MON'OTREME.--_n._ MON'OTREME, a member of the Monotremata. [Gr. _monos_, alone, _tr[=e]ma_, a hole.]

MONOTYPE, mon'[=o]-t[=i]p, _n._ and _adj._ having only one type or representative: a print transferred from a painting on a metal plate.--_adj._ MONOTYP'IC.

MONOXIDE, mo-nok's[=i]d, _n._ an oxide containing a single oxygen atom in combination with two univalent atoms or one bivalent atom.

MONOXYLON, mon-oks'i-lon, _n._ a canoe made from one log.--_adj._ MONOX'YLOUS, formed of a single piece of wood. [Gr. _monos_, single, _xylon_, wood.]

MONROEISM, mon-r[=o]'izm, _n._ more generally MONROE DOCTRINE, the principle of the non-intervention of Europe in matters relating to the American continent--from President _Monroe's_ Message in Dec. 1823.

MONSEIGNEUR, mon-s[=a]-nyer', _n._ my lord: a title in France given to a person of high birth or rank, esp. to bishops, &c. (written _Mgr._):--_pl._ MESSEIGNEURS (me-s[=a]-nyer'). The corresponding Italian title is MONSIGNOR (mon-s[=e]'nyor), conferred on prelates and on the dignitaries of the papal household--also MONSI'GNORE. [Fr., from L. _meus_, my, _senior_, older.]

MONSIEUR, m[)o]-sye', _n._ sir: a title of courtesy in France=_Mr_ in English (written _M._ or _Mons._): the eldest brother of the king of France: a Frenchman generally--usually _mounseer_: a French gentleman:--_pl._ MESSIEURS (me-sye').--MONSIEUR DE PARIS, the public executioner. [Fr.,--L. _meus_, my, _senior_.]

MONSOON, mon-s[=oo]n', _n._ a periodical wind of the Indian Ocean, which blows from the S.W. from April to October, and from the N.E. the rest of the year: similar winds elsewhere, returning periodically with the seasons.--_adj._ MONSOON'AL [It. _monsone_--Malay _m[=u]sim_--Ar. _mawsim_, a time, a season.]

MONSTER, mon'st[.e]r, _n._ anything out of the usual course of nature: a prodigy, or fabulous animal: anything unusually large: anything horrible from ugliness or wickedness.--_adj._ unusually large, huge.--_n._ MONSTROS'ITY, an unnatural production.--_adj._ MON'STROUS, out of the common course of nature: enormous: wonderful: horrible.--_adv._ MON'STROUSLY.--_n._ MON'STROUSNESS, state or quality of being monstrous.--GILA MONSTER, a large poisonous lizard of Arizona, &c., having tubercular scales. [Fr.,--L. _monstrum_, an omen, a monster--_mon[=e]re_, to warn.]

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MONSTRANCE, mon'strans, _n._ the utensil employed in R.C. churches for presenting the consecrated host for the adoration of the people, consisting of a stand and a repository or case with small semicircular holder (_lunula_).--Also _Ostensory_. [Fr.,--L. _monstr[=a]re_, to show, _monstrum_, an omen.]

MONTAGNARD, mong-ta-nyar', _n._ one of the 'Mountain' or the extreme democratic wing of the French Legislative Assembly (1st Oct. 1791-21st Sept. 1792), so called because sitting on the topmost benches.

MONTANIC, mon-tan'ik, _adj._ pertaining to mountains: consisting in mountains. [L. _montanus_--_mons_, _montis_, a mountain.]

MONTANISM, mon'tan-izm, _n._ a heresy which grew up in the Christian Church in the second half of the 2d century, founded by the prophet and 'Paraclete,' _Montanus_ of Phrygia--an ascetic reaction in favour of the old discipline and severity.--_n._ MON'TANIST, a supporter of Montanism.--_adj._ MONTANIST'IC.

MONTANT, mont'ant, _adj._ rising: (_her._) increasing.--_n._ an upright rail or stile, as in a door, &c.: (_Shak._) a contraction of _montanto_, a term in fencing, apparently for an upward blow: a two-handed sword. [Fr.,--_monter_, to mount--L. _mons_, _montis_, a mountain.]

MONT-DE-PI['E]T['E], mong'-de-p[=e]-[=a]-t[=a]', the Italian MONTE DI PIET[`A], _n._ a pawnbroking shop set up by public authority. [Fr. and It., 'fund, bank, of piety.']

MONTE, mon'te, _n._ a shrubby tract, a forest: a Spanish-American gambling game, played with a pack of forty cards.--THREE-CARD MONTE, a Mexican gambling game, played with three cards, one usually a court-card. [Sp., 'a hill'--L. _mons_, _montis_, a mountain.]

MONTEITH, mon-t[=e]th', _n._ a large 18th-century punch-bowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped: a cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured ground.

MONTEM, mon'tem, _n._ a former custom of Eton boys to go every third Whit-Tuesday to a hillock on the Bath road and exact 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.

MONTONEGRINE, mon-te-neg'rin, _adj._ and _n._ relating to _Montenegro_, or a native thereof: a close-fitting outer garment for women, braided and embroidered.

MONTEPULCIANO, mon-te-pul-ch[:a]'n[=o], _n._ a fine wine produced around _Montepulciano_, in central Italy.

MONTERO, mon-t[=a]'ro, _n._ a huntsman: a horseman's cap. [Sp. _montero_, a huntsman--_monte_--L. _mons_, _montis_, a mountain.]

MONTGOLFIER, mont-gol'fi-[.e]r, _n._ a balloon made by the brothers _Montgolfier_, Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne (1745-99), of Annonay, in 1783.

MONTH, munth, _n._ the period from new moon to new moon--a _lunation_, _lunar_, or _synodic_ month (=29.5306 days): one of the twelve divisions of the year--a _calendar_ month: one-twelfth part of a tropical year, the time the sun takes to pass through 30deg--a _solar_ month=30.4368 days.--_n._ MONTH'LING, that which is a month old or which lasts a month.--_adj._ MONTH'LY, performed in a month: happening or published once a month.--_n._ a monthly publication: (_pl._) the menses.--_adv._ once a month: in every month.--MONTH OF SUNDAYS, a period that seems very long; MONTH'S MIND (see MIND).--SIDEREAL, OR STELLAR, MONTH, the time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star=27.3217 days; TROPICAL, or PERIODIC, MONTH, from the moon's passing the equinox till she again reaches it=27.3216 days. [A.S. _m['o]ndh_--_m['o]na_, the moon.]

MONTICULUS, mon-tik'[=u]-lus, _n._ a little elevation--also MON'TICLE and MON'TICULE.--_adjs._ MONTIC'ULATE, MONTIC'ULOUS, having small projections.

MONTOIR, mon-twar', _n._ a stone or block used in mounting a horse. [Fr., _monter_, to mount.]

MONTON, mon'ton, _n._ a Mexican unit of weight for ore, varying from 1800 to 3200 Spanish pounds.

MONTRE, mon't[.e]r, _n._ a flue-stop the pipes of which show from without, usually the open diapason of the great organ: an opening in a kiln wall.

MONTURE, mon't[=u]r, _n._ a mounting, setting, frame. [Fr.]

MONUMENT, mon'[=u]-ment, _n._ anything that preserves the memory of a person or an event, a building, pillar, tomb, &c.: a record or enduring example of anything: any distinctive mark.--_v.t._ to raise a monument in memory of.--_adj._ MONUMENT'AL, of or relating to a monument or tomb: memorial: impressive: amazing.--_adv._ MONUMENT'ALLY. [Fr.,--L. _monumentum_--_mon[=e]re_, to remind.]

MOO, m[=oo], _v.i._ to low like a cow. [Imit.]

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. _m['o]d_, 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. _m['o]na_; 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. _m['o]r_; Ice. _m['o]r_, 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 _['a]mierran_), 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. _m['o]tian_--_m['o]t_, _gem['o]t_, an assembly, akin to _m['e]tan_, 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.]

MORA, m[=o]'ra, _n._ (_law_) delay, esp. unjustifiable. [L.]

MORA, m[=o]'ra, _n._ an ancient game played from China to Peru, the aim being to guess the number of fingers held out by a player. [It.]

MORAINE, mo-r[=a]n', _n._ a continuous line of rocks and gravel along the edges of glaciers.--_adj._ MORAIN'IC. [Fr.--Ger. (Bavarian) _mur_.]

MORAL, mor'al, _adj._ of or belonging to the manners or conduct of men: conformed to right, ethical, virtuous: capable of knowing right and wrong: subject to the moral law: instructing with regard to morals: supported by evidence of reason or probability--opp. to _Demonstrative_: belonging to the mind, or to the will: (_Shak._) moralising.--_n._ in _pl._ manners: the doctrine or practice of the duties of life: moral philosophy or ethics: conduct, esp. sexual conduct: in _sing._ the practical lesson given by anything: an emblem or allegory: (_slang_) a certainty, an exact counterpart.--_v.i._ to moralise.--_ns._ MOR'ALER (_Shak._), a moraliser; MORALIS[=A]'TION, act of moralising, explanation in a moral sense.--_v.t._ MOR'ALISE, to apply to a moral purpose: to explain in a moral sense.--_v.i._ to speak or write on moral subjects: to make moral reflections.--_ns._ MOR'ALISER; MOR'ALISM, a moral maxim; moral counsel: morality as distinct from religion; MOR'ALIST, one who teaches morals, or who practises moral duties: a merely moral as distinguished from a religious man: one who prides himself on his morality.--_adj._ MORALIST'IC.--_n._ MORAL'ITY, quality of being moral: that in an action which renders it right or wrong: the practice of moral duties apart from religion: virtue: the doctrine which treats of actions as being right or wrong: ethics: a kind of drama which grew out of mysteries and miracle-plays, and continued in fashion till Elizabeth's time, in which allegorical representations of the virtues and vices were introduced as _dramatis personae_.--_adv._ MOR'ALLY, in a moral manner: uprightly: to all intents and purposes, practically.--MORAL AGENT, one who acts under a knowledge of right and wrong; MORAL CERTAINTY, a likelihood so great as to be safely acted on, although not capable of being certainly proved; MORAL DEFEAT (see MORAL VICTORY); MORAL FACULTY (see MORAL SENSE); MORAL LAW, a law or rules for life and conduct, founded on what is right and wrong: the law of conscience; MORAL PHILOSOPHY, the science which treats of the qualities of actions as being right or wrong, and the duty of mankind with regard to such actions; MORAL SENSE, that power of the mind which knows or judges actions to be right or wrong, and determines conduct accordingly; MORAL THEOLOGY, ethics treated with reference to a divine source; MORAL VICTORY, a defeat in appearance, but in some important sense a real victory. [Fr.,--L. _moralis_--_mos_, _moris_, custom.]

MORALE, mo-r[:a]l', _n._ the state of a person's morals: mental state as regards spirit and confidence, esp. of a body of soldiers, &c. [Fr.]

MORASS, mo-ras', _n._ a tract of soft, wet ground: a marsh.--_adj._ MORASS'Y.--MORASS ORE, bog-iron ore. [Dut. _moeras_, a marsh.]

MORAT, m[=o]'rat, _n._ a drink made of honey and mulberry juice. [It. _morato_--_moro_--L. _morum_.]

MORATORIUM, mo-ra-t[=o]'ri-um, _n._ an emergency act allowing a government bank to suspend payments in specie for a given time.

MORAVIAN, mo-r[=a]'vi-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Moravia_ or the Moravians.--_n._ one of a Christian denomination entitled _Unitas Fratrum_ of _United Brethren_, a small body of Protestants of extraordinary missionary energy, founded in the 15th century.--_n._ MOR[=A]'VIANISM, the doctrines of the Moravians.

MORAY, m[=o]'r[=a], _n._ an apodal eel-like fish of the Muraena family.--Also MA'RAY, MU'RAY, MUR'RY.

MORBID, mor'bid, _adj._ diseased, sickly: not healthful.--_n._ MORBID'ITY, the quality of being morbid: disease: the ratio of sickness in a community.--_adv._ MOR'BIDLY.--_n._ MORBIDNESS, sickliness.--_adjs._ MORBIF'ERAL, MORBIF'EROUS; MORBIF'IC, causing disease.--_n._ MORBIL'L[=I], measles.--_adjs._ MORBIL'LIFORM, like measles; MORBIL'LOUS, pertaining to measles; MORBOSE', proceeding from disease: morbid: not healthy.--_n._ MOR'BUS, disease. [Fr.,--L. _morbidus_--_morbus_, disease.]

MORBIDEZZA, mor-bi-det'za, _n._ that quality of flesh-painting which gives the impression of life. [It.]

MORCEAU, mor's[=o], _n._ a small bit: a dainty morsel:--_pl._ MOR'CEAUX (-s[=o]z). [Fr.]

MORDACIOUS, mor-d[=a]'shus, _adj._ given to biting: biting: (_fig._) sarcastic: severe.--_adv._ MORD[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_n._ MORDAC'ITY, quality of being mordacious: biting severity.--_adj._ MOR'DANT, biting, sarcastic, severe: serving to fix colours.--_n._ any substance, as alum, used to give permanency or brilliancy to dyes: a glutinous size as a ground for gilding, matter to make gold-leaf adhere: any corrosive liquid by which the biting in etching is effected.--_v.t._ to treat with a mordant.--_adv._ MOR'DANTLY.--_ns._ MOR'DICANCY, MORDIC[=A]'TION. [Fr.,--L. _mordax_, _mordacis_--_mord[=e]re_, to bite.]

MORDENT, mor'dent, _n._ a kind of trill in music, or the character indicating it. [It. _mordente_.]

MORE, m[=o]r, _adj._ (serves as _comp._ of MANY and MUCH) additional: other besides: greater (so in _B._).--_adv._ to a greater degree: again: longer.--_n._ a greater thing: something further or in addition:--_superl._ MOST (m[=o]st).--_adj._ M[=O]'RISH. insufficient: such that one wants more.--MORE AND MORE, continually increasing; MORE BY TOKEN, in proof of this, besides; MORE OR LESS, about: in round numbers.--ANY MORE, something additional: further; BE NO MORE, to have died; NO MORE, nothing in addition. [Including both M.E. _mo_, more in number--A.S. _m['a]_, more in number, and M. E. _more_, larger--A.S. _m['a]ra_, greater.]

MORE, m[=o]r, _n._ (_Spens._) a root. [A.S. _moru_, _more_, a carrot; Ger. _m[:o]hre_.]

MORE, m[=o]'re, _adv._ after the manner of. [L., abl. of _mos_, a custom.]

MOREEN, mo-r[=e]n', _n._ a stout woollen or cotton and woollen stuff, used for petticoats, curtains, &c. [Fr. _moire_, mohair.]

MOREL, mor'el, or m[=o]-rel', _n._ any edible mushroom of the genus _Morchella_. [Fr. _morille_; prob. Old High Ger. _morhela_ (Ger. _morchel_), a mushroom.]

MORELLO, m[=o]-rel'o, _n._ a dark-red variety of cherry, much used in cooking and for cherry brandy.--Also MOR'EL, or MOREL'. [It.,--Low L. _morellus_, blackish--L. _maurus_, a blackamoor, or perh. for _morulus_, blackish--_morum_, a mulberry.]

MOREOVER, m[=o]r-[=o]'v[.e]r, _adv._ more over or beyond what has been said: further: besides: also.

MORESQUE, mo-resk', _adj._ done after the manner of the Moors.--_n._ a kind of ornamentation, same as arabesque--(_obs._) MORES'CO. [Fr.,--It. _moresco_.]

MORGANA (FATA). See FATA.

MORGANATIC, mor-gan-at'ik, _adj._ noting a marriage of a man with a woman of inferior rank, in which neither the latter nor her children enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband, though the children are legitimate--also _Left-handed marriage_.--_adv._ MORGANAT'ICALLY. [Low L. _morganatica_, a gift from a bridegroom to his bride--Teut.; cf. Ger. _morgengabe_, A.S. _morgengifu_, a morning gift.]

MORGAY, mor'g[=a], _n._ the small spotted dogfish or bounce.

MORGLAY, mor'gl[=a], _n._ a claymore--esp. that of the Arthurian hero Sir Bevis.

MORGUE, morg, _n._ a place where bodies found dead are laid out for identification. [Fr.]

MORGUE, morg, _n._ hauteur. [Fr.]

MORIAN, m[=o]'ri-an, _n._ a Moor--also MUR'RIAN (Pr. Bk.)

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._ MORN['E] (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.]