Moan
Moan (mōn), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Moaned (mōnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Moaning.] [AS. mǣnan to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf. Mean to intend.] 1....
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Moan (2)
Moan, v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament.Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moanMy dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.2. To afflict; to distress.Which infinitely moans me. Beau....
Moan (3)
Moan, n. [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.] 1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.Sullen moans, hollow groans. Pope.2. A low mournful...
Moanful
Moan″ful (?), a. Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. — Moan″ful‐ly, adv.
Moat
Moat (?), n. [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf. Sp. & Pg. mota bank or mound of earth, It. motta clod, LL. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an emi...
Moat (2)
Moat, v. t. To surround with a moat. Dryden.
Moate
Moate (?), v. i. [See Mute to molt.] To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute.
Mob
Mob (?), n. [See Mobcap.] A mobcap. Goldsmith.
Mob (2)
Mob, v. t. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
Mob (3)
Mob, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.] 1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.A cluster of mob were making th...
Mob (4)
Mob, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mobbing.] To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.
Mobbish
Mob″bish (?), a. Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. Bp. Kent.
Mobcap
Mob″cap′ (?), n. [D. mop-muts; OD. mop a woman's coif + D. muts cap.] A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, gen...
Mobile
Mo″bile (?), a. [L. mobilis, for movibilis, fr. movere to move: cf. F. mobile. See Move.] 1. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. “Fixed or else mob...
Mobile (2)
Mo″bile (mō″bĭl; L. mŏb″ĭ‐lē), n. [L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d Mob.] The mob; the populace. “The unthinking mobile.” South.
Mobility
Mo‐bil″i‐ty (mō̍‐bĭl″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. mobilitas: cf. F. mobilité.] 1. The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features,...
Mobilization
Mob′i‐li‐za″tion (?), n. [F. mobilization.] The act of mobilizing.
Mobilize
Mob″i‐lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mobilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mobilizing (?).] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.
Moble
Mo″ble (?), v. t. [From Mob to wrap up.] To wrap the head of in a hood. Shak.
Mobles
Mo″bles (?), n. pl. See Moebles.
Mobocracy
Mob‐oc″ra‐cy (?), n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or ves...
Mobocrat
Mob″o‐crat (?), n. One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne.
Mobocratic
Mob′o‐crat″ic (?), a. Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.
Moccasin
Moc″ca‐sin (?), n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.] [Sometimes written moccason.] 1. A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece....
Moccasined
Moc″ca‐sined (?), a. Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. “Moccasined feet.” Harper's Mag.
Mocha
Mo″cha (?), n. 1. A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.2. A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.3. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.Mocha stone(Min.), moss ...
Moche
‖Moche (?), n. A bale of raw silk.