Webster's Dictionary 1828

1918

MOBILITY

MOBIL'ITY, noun [Latin mobilitas, from moveo, to move.]1. Susceptibility of motion; capacity of being moved.2. Aptitude to motion; activity; readiness to move.3. In cant languag...

1919

MOBLE

MOB'LE, verb transitive To wrap the head in a hood.

1920

MOCCASON

MOC'CASON, noun A shoe or cover for the feet, made of deer-skin or other soft leather, without a sole, and ornamented on the upper side; the customary shoe worn by the native In...

1921

MOCHA-STONE

MO'CHA-STONE, noun Dendritic agate; a mineral in the interior of which appear brown, reddish brown, blackish or green delineations of shrubs destitute of leaves. These in some c...

1922

MOCK

MOCK, verb transitive1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.2. To deride; to lau...

1923

MOCK-LEAD

MOCK'-LEADMOCK'ABLE, adjective Exposed to derision. [Little used.]

1924

MOCKAGE

MOCK'AGE, noun Mockery. [Not used.]

1925

MOCKED

MOCK'ED, participle passive Imitated or mimicked in derision; laughed at; ridiculed; defeated; illuded.

1926

MOCKER

MOCK'ER, noun One that mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.

1927

MOCKERY

MOCK'ERY, noun The act of deriding and exposing to contempt, by mimicking the words or actions of another.1. Derision; ridicule; sportive insult or contempt; contemptuous merrim...

1928

MOCKESON

MOCK'ESON, noun The name of a serpent.

1929

MOCKING

MOCK'ING, participle present tense Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and scorn; defeating; deluding.MOCK'ING, noun Derision; insult.

1930

MOCKING-BIRD

MOCK'ING-BIRD, noun The mocking thrush of America; a bird of the genus Turdus.

1931

MOCKING-STOCK

MOCK'ING-STOCK, noun A butt of sport.

1932

MOCKINGLY

MOCK'INGLY, adverb By way of derision; in contempt.

1933

MOCKLE

MOCKLE. [See Mickle.]

1934

MOCKORE

MOCK'ORE, noun A sulphuret of zink, the same as blend, which see.MOCK'-ORANGE, noun A plant of the genus Philadelphus.MOCK'-PRIVET, noun A plant of the genus Phillyrea.

1935

MODAL

MO'DAL, adjective [See Mode.] Consisting in mode only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality; as the modal diversity of the faculties of the soul.

1936

MODALITY

MODAL'ITY, noun The quality of being modal, or being in form only.

1937

MODE

MODE, noun [Latin modus, metior. The primary sense of mode is measure hence form. Measure is from extending, the extent, hence a limit, and hence the derivative sense of restrai...

1938

MODEL

MODEL, noun mod'l. [Latin modulus, from modus.]1. A pattern of something to be made; any thing of a particular form, shape or construction, intended for imitation; primarily, a ...

1939

MODELED

MOD'ELED, participle passive Formed according to a model; planned; shaped; formed.

1940

MODELER

MOD'ELER, noun A planner; a contriver.

1941

MODELING

MOD'ELING, participle present tense Forming according to a model; planning; forming; shaping.

1942

MODERATE

MOD'ERATE, adjective [Latin moderatus, from moderor, to limit, from modus, a limit.]1. Literally, limited; restrained; hence, temperate; observing reasonable bounds in indulgenc...

1943

MODERATED

MOD'ERATED, participle passive Reduced in violence, rigor or intensity; allayed; lessened; tempered; qualified.

1944

MODERATELY

MOD'ERATELY, adverb Temperately; mildly; without violence.1. In a middle degree;; not excessively; as water moderately warm.Each nymph but moderately fair.