Chapter L: F. Ward (19)

Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc. -- Mouse bird (Zoöl.), a coly. -- Mouse deer (Zoöl.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. -- Mouse galago (Zoöl.), a very small West American galago (Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. -- Mouse hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl. -- Mouse lemur (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar. -- Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock.

Mouse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mousing (?).] 1. To watch for and catch mice.

2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

Mouse, v. t. 1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] "[Death] mousing the flesh of men." Shak.

2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.

Mouse"-ear` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).

Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.

Mouse"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Frogfish.

Mouse"hole` (?), n. A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

Mouse"kin (?), n. A little mouse. Thackeray.

Mous"er (?), n. 1. A cat that catches mice.

2. One who pries about on the lookout for something.

Mouse"tail` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

Mous"ie (?), n. Diminutive for Mouse. Burns.

Mous"ing (?), a. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

Mous"ing, n. 1. The act of hunting mice.

2. (Naut.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.

3. A ratchet movement in a loom.

Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

Mou"sle (?), v. t. To sport with roughly; to rumple. [Written also mouzle.] [Obs.] Wycherley.

||Mousse`line" (?), n. [F.] Muslin.

||Mousseline de laine (&?;). [F., muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine. See ||under Muslin. -- Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, ||such as wineglasses, etc.

Mous`tache" (?), n. [F.] Mustache.

Mous"y (mouz"), a. Infested with mice; smelling of mice.

Mou"tan (?), n. (Bot.) The Chinese tree peony (Pæonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors.

Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mouz). [OE. mouth, muþ, AS. mð; akin to D. mond, OS. mð, G. mund, Icel. muðr, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. munþs, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. mla, Icel. mli, and Skr. mukha mouth.] 1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.

2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor.

3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it,
who is the mouth of the street where he lives.

Addison.

5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] Dryden.

6. Speech; language; testimony.

That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.

Matt. xviii. 16.

7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.

Shak.

Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. Shak. -- Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. -- Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. Shak. -- Mouth organ. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean. (b) An harmonicon. -- Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound. -- To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound.

The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Ps. lxiii. 11.

Whose mouths must be stopped.

Titus i. 11.

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Mouth (mou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed (moud); p. pr. & vb. n. Mouthing.] 1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. Dryden.

2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. "Mouthing big phrases." Hare.

Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.

Tennyson.

3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.

4. To make mouths at. [R.] R. Blair.

Mouth, v. i. 1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.

I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country, And mouth at Cæsar,
till I shake the senate.

Addison.

2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. [R.] Shak.

3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.

Well I know, when I am gone, How she mouths behind my back.

Tennyson.

Mouthed (?), a. 1. Furnished with a mouth.

2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul- mouthed; mealy-mouthed.

Mouth"er (?), n. One who mouths; an affected speaker.

Mouth"-foot`ed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Mouth"ful (?), n.; pl. Mouthfuls (&?;). 1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

2. Hence, a small quantity.

Mouth"less, a. [AS. mðleás.] Destitute of a mouth.

Mouth"-made` (?), a. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

Mouth"piece` (?), n. 1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.

3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.

Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their
remonstrance.

Motley.

Mov`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Movableness.

Mov"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. movable. See Move.] 1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.

2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

Mov"a*ble, n.; pl. Movables (&?;). 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Furnished with the most rich and princely movables.

Evelyn.

2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil.

The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. Wharton.

Mov"a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.

Mov"a*bly, adv. In a movable manner or condition.

Move (mv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved (mvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. mv, p. p. mta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.] 1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.

Knolles.

No female arts his mind could move.

Dryden.

4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. Shak.

When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.

Matt. ix. 36.

[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or
terror.

Felton.

5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

Let me but move one question to your daughter.

Shak.

They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon
particular respects.

Hayward.

6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer.

Move, v. i. 1. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he
was wroth.

Ps. xviii. 7.

On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . . Nor till her lay
was ended could I move.

Dryden.

2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

4. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

Move (?), n. 1. The act of moving; a movement.

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.

3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

To make a move. (a) To take some action. (b) To move a piece, as in a game. -- To be on the move, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]

Move`less, a. Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.

Move"ment (?), n. [F. mouvement. See Move, and cf. Moment.] 1. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.

4. (Mus.) (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. "Any change of time is a change of movement." Busby. (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.

5. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.

Febrile movement (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. -- Movement cure. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. -- Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge.

Syn. -- Motion. -- Movement, Motion. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress.

Mo"vent (?), a. [L. movens, p. pr. of movere. See Move.] Moving. [R.] Grew.

Mo"vent, n. That which moves anything. [R.]

Mov"er (?), n. 1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.

3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.

These most poisonous compounds, Which are the movers of a
languishing death.

Shak.

4. A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.

Mov"ing, a. 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.

2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal.

I sang an old moving story.

Coleridge.

Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. -- Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.

Mov"ing, n. The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business.

Moving day, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large number of tenants change their dwelling place.

Mov"ing*ly, adv. In a moving manner. Addison.

Mov"ing*ness, n. The power of moving.

Mow (?), n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.] A wry face. "Make mows at him." Shak.

Mow, v. i. To make mouths.

Nodding, becking, and mowing.

Tyndale.

Mow, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mew, a gull.

Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] Chaucer.

Our walles mowe not make hem resistence.

Chaucer.

Mow (m), v. t. [imp. Mowed (md); p. p. Mowed or Mown (mn); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. mjan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.] 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.

Mow, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Mow (?), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m&?;ga.] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Mow (?), v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Mow"burn` (?), v. i. To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.

Mowe (?), v. See 4th Mow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mowe, n. & v. See 1st & 2d Mow. [Obs.]

Mow"er (?), n. One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.

Mow"ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.

2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.

Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.

Mown (?), p. p. & a. Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field.

Mow"yer (?), n. A mower. [Obs.]

Mox"a (?), n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F. moxa.] 1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.

2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.

Mox"ie (?), n. [fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage.] 1. energy; pep.

2. courage, determination.

3. Know-how, expertise. MW10.

||Moy"a (?), n. Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so ||called in South America.

Moyle (?), n. & v. See Moil, and Moile.

{ Moz"a*rab (?), Moz`a*rab"ic (?) }. Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.

{ Mo*zet"ta (?), Moz*zet"ta (?), } n. [It. mozzetta: cf. F. mosette. Cf. Amice a hood or cape.] (Eccl.) A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mr.. (&?;). The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.

Mrs. (&?;). The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing.

Mu*cam"ide (?), n. [Mucic + amide.] (Chem.) The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Mu"cate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mucic acid.

Muce (?), n. See Muse, and Muset.

Mu*ce"din (?), n. [From Mucus.] (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also mucin.

Much (mch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More (mr), and Most (mst), from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and Icel. mjök, adv., much. &radic;103. See Mickle.] 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time.

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in.

Deut. xxviii. 38.

2. Many in number. [Archaic]

Edom came out against him with much people.

Num. xx. 20.

3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Much, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I.

He that gathered much had nothing over.

Ex. xvi. 18.

Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.

2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.

And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies.

Milton.

To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.

Much, adv. [Cf. Icel. mjök. See Much, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." Pope.

Thou art much mightier than we.

Gen. xxvi. 16.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a
prince.

Prov. xvii. 7.

Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much.

Milton.

All left the world much as they found it.

Sir W. Temple.

Much"el (?), a. [&radic;103. See Mickle.] Much. [Obs.]

Much"ness, n. Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.]

The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth.

W. Whately.

Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] "Men's men; gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness." G. Eliot.

Much"what` (?), adv. Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] "Muchwhat after the same manner." Glanvill.

Mu"cic (?), a. [L. mucus mucus: cf. F. mucique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.

Mu"cid (?), a. [L. mucidus, fr. L. mucus mucus. See Mucus, and cf. Moist.] Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous. -- Mu"cid*ness, n.

Mu*cif"ic (?), a. [Mucus + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] 1. (Med.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.

2. (Physiol.) Secreting mucus.

Mu"ci*form (?), a. [Mucus + - form.] (Physiol.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

Mu"ci*gen (?), n. [Mucin + - gen.] (Physiol.) A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.

Mu*cig"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol.) Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin.

The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary
protoplasm of the cell.

Foster.

Mu"ci*lage (?), n. [F., from L. mucilago a musty juice, fr. mucus mucus, slime. See Mucus.] 1. (Bot. Chem.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.

2. An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.

Mu`ci*lag"i*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. mucilagineux. See Mucilage.] 1. Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.

3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. -- Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness, n.

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Mu"cin (m"sn), n. [From Mucus.] 1. (Bot. Chem.) See Mucedin. [Obs.]

2. (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.

Mu*cin"o*gen (m*sn"*jn), n. [Mucin + -gen.] (Physiol.) Same as Mucigen.

Mu*cip"a*rous (m*s"p*rs), a. [Mucus + L. parere to produce.] (Physiol.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

Mu"ci*vore (m"s*vr), n. [L. mucus slime, mucus + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.

Muck (mk), abbreviation of Amuck.

To run a muck. See Amuck.

Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. mög. Cf. Midden.] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.

2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.

3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.

4. Money; -- in contempt.

The fatal muck we quarreled for.

Beau. & Fl.

Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. -- Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.

Muck, a. Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

Muck, v. t. To manure with muck.

Muck"en*der (?), n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. Mokadour.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]

Muck"er (?), n. A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person. [Slang]

Muck"er, v. t. To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.] Udall.

Muck"er*er (?), n. A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]

Muck"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being mucky.

Muc"kle (?), a. [See Mickle.] Much. [Obs.]

Muck"mid`den (?), n. A dunghill. [Scot.]

Muck"sy (?), a. Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R. D. Blackmore.

Muck"worm` (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope.

Muck"y (?), a. 1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. "Mucky filth." Spenser.

2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mucky money and false felicity.

Latimer.

Mu"co*cele (?), n. [Mucus + Gr. kh`lh tumor.] (Med.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison.

Mu"coid (?), a. [Mucus + - oid.] Resembling mucus. Dunglison.

Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. Quain.

Mu"co*nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of muconic acid.

Mu*con"ic (?), a. [Mucic + itaconic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid.

Mu`co*pu"ru*lent (?), a. [Mucus + purulent.] (Med.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

||Mu"cor (?), n. [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.) A genus ||of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal ||globular sporangia; mold.

Mu*cos"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.

Mu"cous (?), a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.

2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.

Mucous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane. -- Mucous patches (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. -- Mucous tissue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.

Mu"cous*ness, n. The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.

||Mu"cro (?), n. [L.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) A minute abrupt point, as of a ||leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or ||organ.

{ Mu"cro*nate (?), Mu"cro*na`ted (?), } a. [L. mucronatus, fr. mucro a sharp point: cf. F. mucroné.] Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. -- Mu"cro*nate*ly, adv.

Mu*cron"u*late (?), a. Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.

Mu"cu*lent (?), a. [L. muculentus, fr. mucus.] Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

Mu"cus (m"ks), n. [L. mucus, muccus; cf. mucere to be moldy or musty, Gr. my`xa mucus, and Skr. muc to release. Cf. Match for striking fire, Moist, Mucilage.] 1. (Physiol.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.

2. (Physiol.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.

3. (Bot.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algæ and other plants.

Mu"cus*in (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Mucin. [R.]

Mud (?), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging. -- Mud cat. See Catfish. -- Mud crab (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. -- Mud dab (Zoöl.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. -- Mud dauber (Zoöl.), a mud wasp. -- Mud devil (Zoöl.), the fellbender. -- Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. -- Mud eel (Zoöl.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See Siren. -- Mud frog (Zoöl.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus). -- Mud hen. (Zoöl.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail. - - Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] -- Mud minnow (Zoöl.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels. -- Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. -- Mud puppy (Zoöl.), the menobranchus. -- Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] -- Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. -- Mud wasp (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepæus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.

Mud, v. t. 1. To bury in mud. [R.] Shak.

2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak.

||Mu"dar (?), n. [Hind. madr.] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous ||shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong ||and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.

Mu"da*rin (?), n. (Chem.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.

Mud"di*ly (?), adv. In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.

Mud"di*ness, n. 1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.

Mud"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muddling (?).] [From Mud.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.]

He did ill to muddle the water.

L'Estrange.

2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that
he scarce ever kept in the right way.

Bentley.

Often drunk, always muddled.

Arbuthnot.

3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.]

They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without
having anything to show for it.

Hazlitt.

4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. F. W. Newman.

Mud"dle, v. i. 1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] Swift.

2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

Mud"dle, n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.

We both grub on in a muddle.

Dickens.

Mud"dle*head` (?), n. A stupid person. [Colloq.] C. Reade. -- Mud"dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Mud"dler (?), n. One who, or that which, muddles.

Mud"dy (?), a. [Compar. Muddier (?); superl. Muddiest.] 1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.

3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.

This muddy vesture of decay.

Shak.

4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.

Cold hearts and muddy understandings.

Burke.

Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled.

Shak.

5. Not clear or bright. Swift.

Mud"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muddying (?).] 1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.

2. Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy. Grew.

Mud"dy-head`ed (?), a. Dull; stupid.

Mud"dy-met`tled (?), a. Dull- spirited. Shak.

Mud"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European loach. (b) The bowfin. (c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren. (d) The mud minnow.

Mud"hole` (?), n. 1. A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.

2. (Steam Boilers) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.

Mu"dir (?), n. Same as Moodir.

Mud"sill` (?), n. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.

Mud"suck`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) A woodcock.

Mud"wall` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater. [Written also modwall.]

Mud"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).

Mue (m), v. i. To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles.

Mu*ez"zin (m*z"zn), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also mouezzin, mueddin, and muwazzin.]

Muff (mf), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw. muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D. mouw, and E. muffle, v.] 1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.

3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

6. (Zoöl.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

Muff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing.] To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.

Muf`fe*tee" (?), n. A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Muf"fin (?), n. [From Muff.] A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Muf`fin*eer" (?), n. A dish for keeping muffins hot.

Muff"ish (?), a. [See Muff, 4 & 5.] Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]

Muf"fle (mf"f'l), n. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

Muf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling (?).] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See Muff.] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. South.

The face lies muffled up within the garment.

Addison.

He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.

Dryden.

Muffled up in darkness and superstition.

Arbuthnot.

2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.

Muf"fle, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.] To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

Muf"fle, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See Muffle, v. t., Muff.] 1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

2. (Metal.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.

3. (Ceramics) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.

4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. Knight.

Muf"fler (?), n. 1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.

Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her eyes.

Shak.

2. (Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.

3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.

4. One who muffles.

Muf"lon (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Mouflon.

Muf"ti (?), n.; pl. Muftis (#). [Ar. mufti.] An official expounder of Mohammedan law.

Muf"ti, n. Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]

Mug (?), n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.] 1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

2. The face or mouth. [Slang] Thackeray.

Mug"gard (?), a. [Cf. G. mucker a sulky person, muckish sullen, peevish, mucken to mutter, grumble.] Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]

Mug"get (?), n. The small entrails of a calf or a hog.

Mug"gi*ness (?), n. The condition or quality of being muggy.

Mug"gish (?), a. See Muggy.

Mug`gle*to"ni*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired. Eadie.

Mug"gy (mg"g), a. [Compar. Muggier (-g*r); superl. Muggiest.] [Cf. Icel. mugga mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th Mold.] 1. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.

2. Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather.

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Mug"house` (mg"hous`), n. An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.

Mu"gi*en*cy (?), n. A bellowing. [Obs.]

Mu"gi*ent (?), a. [L. mugiens, p. pr. of mugire to bellow.] Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

||Mu"gil (?), n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes ||including the gray mullets. See Mullet.

Mu"gi*loid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ.

Mug"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.

Mug"wort` (?), n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.

Mug"wump` (?), n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]

{ Mug"wump`er*y (?), Mug"wump*ism (?), } n. The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]

{ Mu*ham"mad*an (?), Mu*ham"med*an (?), } a. & n. Mohammedan.

Mu*ham"mad*an*ism (?), n. Mohammedanism.

||Mu*la"da (?), n. A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.

||Mu*la"da (?), n. [Sp. Amer., fr. Sp. mulo, mula, a mule.] A drove of ||mules. [Southwest. U.S.]

Mu*lat"to (?), n.; pl. Mulattoes (#). [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Mu*lat"tress, n. A female mulatto. G. W. Gable.

Mul"ber*ry (?), n.; pl. Mulberries (#). [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.

2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.

Mulberry mass. (Biol.) See Morula. -- Paper mulberry, a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America.

Mul"ber*ry-faced` (-fst`), a. Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

Mulch (?), n. [Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit.] Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.

Mulch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mulching.] To cover or dress with mulch.

Mulct (?), n. [L. mulcta, multa.] 1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.]

Syn. -- Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.

Mulct, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulcting.] [L. mulctare, multare.] 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.

2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs.]

{ Mulc"ta*ry (?), Mulc"tu*a*ry (?), } a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.

Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments.

Sir W. Temple.

Mule (ml), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. ml, fr. L. mulus. Cf. Mulatto.] 1. (Zoöl.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.

2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

3. A very stubborn person.

4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long- eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. -- Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. -- Mule twist, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

Mule"-jen`ny (?), n. See Mule, 4.

Mu`le*teer" (?), n. [F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus.] One who drives mules.

Mule"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis.

Mu"ley (?), n. (Sawmills) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate.

Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.

Mul"ey (?), n. See Mulley.

Mu`li*eb"ri*ty (m`l*b"r*t), n. [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.] 1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.

2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.

||Mu"li*er (?), n. [L., a woman.] 1. A woman.

2. (Law) (a) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son. (b) (Civ. Law) A woman; a wife; a mother. Blount. Cowell.

Mu"li*er*ly, adv. In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]

Mu"li*er*ose` (?), a. [L. mulierosus.] Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade.

Mu`li*er*os"i*ty (?), n. [L. mulierositas.] A fondness for women. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Mu"li*er*ty (?), n. (Law) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.

Mul"ish (ml"sh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- Mul"ish*ly, adv. -- Mul"ish*ness, n.

Mull (ml), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.] A thin, soft kind of muslin.

Mull, n. [Icel. mli a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. Mouth.] 1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]

2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Mull, n. [Prob. akin to mold. &radic;108. See Mold.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.

Mull, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]

Mull, v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]

Mull, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Mull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulled (mld); p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling.] [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See Mold soil.] 1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.

New cider, mulled with ginger warm.

Gay.

2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak.

||Mul"la (?), n. Same as Mollah.

Mul`la*ga*taw"ny (?), n. [Tamil milagu-tannr pepper water.] An East Indian curry soup.

Mul"lah (?), n. See Mollah.

Mul"lar (?), n. A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.

Mul"lein (?), n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus.

Moth mullein. See under Moth. -- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

Mul"len (?), n. (Bot.) See Mullein.

Mull"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, mulls.

2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

Mull"er, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt.] A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.

Mül*le"ri*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller.

Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. -- Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective- tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.

Mul"let (?), n. [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

2. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidæ; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.

French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).

Mul"let, n. [F. molette.] (Her.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.

Mul"let, n. [Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers.] Small pinchers for curling the hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

{ Mul"ley (?), Mool"ley }, n. [CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt.] 1. A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]

2. A cow. [Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word.]

Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow.

Tusser.

{ Mul"ley (?), Mool"ley }, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [U. S.] [Written also muley.]

Mul`li*ga*taw"ny (?), n. See Mullagatawny.

Mul"li*grubs (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang]

Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs?

Beau. & Fl.

2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]

Mul"lin*gong (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]

Mul"lion (?), n. [A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed.] (Arch.) (a) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc. (b) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.

Mul"lion, v. t. To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Mul"lock (?), n. [From Mull dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. &radic;108.] Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]

All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe.

Chaucer.

Mul"loid (ml"loid), a. [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

Mul"mul (?), n. A fine, soft muslin; mull.

Mulse (mls), n. [L. mulsum (sc. vinum), fr. mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, p. p. of mulcere to sweeten, soften.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

Mult-. See Multi-.

Mul*tan"gu*lar (?), a. [L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire.] Having many angles. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Mul*tan"i*mous (?), a. [Mult- + L. animus mind.] Many-minded; many-sided.

The multanimous nature of the poet.

J. R. Lowell.

Mul`tar*tic"u*late (?), a. [Mult- + articulate.] Having many articulations or joints.

Mul*te"i*ty (?), n. [L. multus much, many.] Multiplicity. [R.] Coleridge.

{ Mul"ti- (?), Mult- (?) }. [L. multus much.] A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

Mul`ti*ax"i*al (?), a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.

Mul`ti*cap"su*lar (?), a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules.

Mul`ti*car"i*nate (?), a. [Multi- + carinate.] (Zoöl.) Many- keeled.

Mul`ti*ca"vous (?), a. [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.] Having many cavities.

Mul`ti*cel"lu*lar (?), a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Mul`ti*cen"tral (?), a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.

Multicentral development (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even become discontinuous.

Mul`ti*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.

Mul"ti*col`or (?), a. [See Multi- , and Color.] Having many, or several, colors.

Mul`ti*cos"tate (?), a. [Multi- + costate.] Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

Mul`ti*cus"pid (?), a. [See Multi- , and Cuspid.] Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Mul`ti*cus"pi*date (?), a. [Multi- + cuspidate.] Having many cusps or points.

Mul`ti*den"tate (?), a. [Multi- + dentate.] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Mul`ti*dig"i*tate (?), a. [Multi- + digitate.] Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Mul"ti*faced` (?), a. [Multi- + face.] Having many faces.

Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious.] 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest
animal.

Dr. H. More.

2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ness, n. 1. Multiplied diversity.

2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.

Mul*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear.] Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]

Mul"ti*fid (?), a. [L. multifidus; multus much, many + findere to split: cf. F. multifide.] (Bot.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Mul`ti*flo"rous (?), a. [L. multiflorus; multus much, many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore.] (Bot.) Having many flowers.

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Mul"ti*flue (ml"t*fl), a. [Multi- + flue.] Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.

Mul"ti*foil (?), n. [Multi- + foil.] (Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

Mul"ti*foil, a. Having more than five divisions or foils.

Mul"ti*fold (?), a. [Multi- + fold.] Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Mul"ti*form (?), a. [L. multiformis; multus much, many + forma shape: cf. F. multiforme.] Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.

A plastic and multiform unit.

Hare.

Mul`ti*form"i*ty (?), n. [L. multiformitas.] The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.

Mul`ti*form"ous (?), a. Multiform. [Obs.]

Mul`ti*gen"er*ous (?), a. [L. multigenerus; multus + genus, generis, kind.] Having many kinds.

Mul`ti*gran"u*late (?), a. [Multi- + granulate.] Having, or consisting of, many grains.

Mul*tij"u*gate (?), a. Having many pairs of leaflets.

Mul*tij"u*gous (?), a. [L. multijugus; multus + jugum yoke.] 1. Consisting of many parts.

2. (Bot.) Same as Multijugate.

Mul`ti*lat"er*al (?), a. [Multi- + lateral.] Having many sides; many-sided.

Mul`ti*lin"e*al (?), a. [Multi- + lineal.] Having many lines. Steevens.

Mul`ti*lo"bar (?), a. [Multi- + lobar.] Consisting of, or having, many lobes.

Mul`ti*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Multi- + locular: cf. F. multiloculaire.] Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule.

Mul*til"o*quence (?), n. Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness.

{ Mul*til"o*quent (?), Mul*til"o*quous (?), } a. [L. multiloquus; multus much, many + loqui to speak.] Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.

Mul*til"o*quy (?), n. [L. multiloquium.] Excess of words or talk. [R.]

Mul`ti*no"date (?), a. [Multi- + nodate.] Having many knots or nodes.

Mul`ti*no"dous (?), a. [L. multinodus.] Same as Multinodate.

Mul`ti*no"mi*al (?), n. & a. [Multi- + -nomial, as in binomial. See Binomial.] (Alg.) Same as Polynomial.

{ Mul`ti*nom"i*nal (?), Mul`ti*nom"i*nous (?), } a. [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen nominis name.] Having many names or terms.

Mul`ti*nu"cle*ar (?), a. [Multi- + nuclear.] (Biol.) Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.

{ Mul`ti*nu"cle*ate (?), Mul`ti*nu"cle*a`ted (?), } a. (Biol.) Multinuclear.

Mul*tip"a*rous (?), a. [Multi- + L. parere to produce: cf. F. multipare.] Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.

Mul*tip"ar*tite (?), a. [L. multipartitus multus much, many partitus divided, p. p.: cf. F. multipartite. See Partite.] Divided into many parts; having several parts.

Mul"ti*ped (?), n. [L. multipes, multipeda; multus much, many + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. multipède.] (Zoöl.) An insect having many feet, as a myriapod.

Mul"ti*ped, a. Having many feet.

Mul"ti*ple (?), a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.] Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.