Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MOORLAND

MOOR'LAND, noun A marsh or tract of low water ground.1. Land rising into moderate hills, foul, cold and full of bogs, as in Staffordshire, England.

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MOORSTONE

MOOR'STONE, noun A species of granite.

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MOORY

MOOR'Y, adjective Marshy; fenny; boggy; watery.As when thick mists arise from moory vales.

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MOOSE

MOOSE, noun moos. [a native Indian name.]An animal of the genus Cervus, and the largest of the deer kind, growing sometimes to the highth of 17 hands, and weighing 1200 pounds. ...

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MOOT

MOOT, verb transitive [Latin contra.] To debate; to discuss; to argue for and against. The word is applied chiefly to the disputes of students in law, who state a question and d...

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MOOT-CASE

MOOT'-CASEMOOT'-POINT, noun A point, case or question to be mooted or debated; a disputable case; an unsettled question.In this moot-case your judgment to refuse.

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MOOT-HALL

MOOT-HALLMOOT'-HOUSE, noun A town hall; hall of judgment.

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MOOTED

MOOT'ED, participle passive Debated; disputed; controverted.

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MOOTER

MOOT'ER, noun A disputer of a mooted case.

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MOOTING

MOOT'ING, participle present tense Disputing; debating for exercise.MOOT'ING, noun The exercise of disputing.

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MOP

MOP, noun [Latin mappa.] A piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums or coarse yarn fastened to a handle and used for cleaning floors.1. A wry mouth. [Not used.]MOP, verb transi...

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MOPE

MOPE, verb intransitive [I have not found this word, unless in the D. moppen, to pout.]To be very stupid; to be very dull; to drowse; to be spiritless or gloomy.Demoniac phrensy...

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MOPE-EYED

MO'PE-EYED, adjective Short-sighted; purblind.

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MOPED

MO'PED, participle passive Made stupid.A young, low spirited, moped creature.

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MOPING

MO'PING, participle present tense Affected with dullness; spiritless; gloomy.

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MOPISH

MO'PISH, adjective Dull; spiritless; stupid; dejected.

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MOPISHNESS

MO'PISHNESS, noun Dejection; dullness; stupidity.

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MOPPET

MOP'PETMOP'SEY, noun [from mop; Latin mappa.] A rag-baby; a puppet made of cloth; a fondling name of a little girl.

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MOPSEY

MOP'SEY, n. [from mop; L. mappa.] A rag-baby; a puppet made of cloth; a fondling name of a little girl.

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MOPUS

MO'PUS, noun A mope; a drone.

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MORAL

MOR'AL, adjective [Latin moralis, from mos, moris, manner.]1. Relating to the practice, manners or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, and with reference ...

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MORALER

MOR'ALER, noun A moralizer. [Not in use.]

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MORALIST

MOR'ALIST, noun1. One who teaches the duties of life, or a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.2. One who practices moral duties; a mere moral p...

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MORALITY

MORAL'ITY, noun The doctrine or system of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.The system of morality to be gathered from the writings of ancient...

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MORALIZATION

MORALIZA'TION, noun Moral reflections, or the act of making moral reflections.1. Explanation in a moral sense.

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MORALIZE

MOR'ALIZE, verb transitive1. To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense.This fable is moralized in a common proverb.Did he not moralize this spectacle?2. To fur...

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MORALIZED

MOR'ALIZED, participle passive Applied to a moral purpose, or explained in a moral sense.1. Rendered moral or less corrupt.