Webster's Dictionary 1913

4213

Moche (2)

Moche (?), a. Much. Chaucer.

4214

Mochel

Moch″el (?), a. & adv. Much. Chaucer.

4215

Mochila

‖Mo‐chi″la (?), n. A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.

4216

Mock

Mock (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp...

4217

Mock (2)

Mock, v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job xi. 3.She had mocked at his pro...

4218

Mock (3)

Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9.2. Imitation; mimicry. Crashaw.

4219

Mock (4)

Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator.Mock bishop's weed(Bot.), a genus of slender umbe...

4220

Mockable

Mock″a‐ble (?), a. Such as can be mocked. Shak.

4221

Mockado

Mock″a‐do (?), n. A stuff made in imitation of velvet; — probably the same as mock velvet.Our rich mockado doublet. Ford.

4222

Mockadour

Mock″a‐dour (?), n. See Mokadour.

4223

Mockage

Mock″age (?), n. Mockery. Fuller.

4224

Mockbird

Mock″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).

4225

Mocker

Mock″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.2. A deceiver; an impostor.3. (Zoöl.) A mocking bird.Mocker nut(Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya...

4226

Mockery

Mock″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Mockeries (#). [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestn...

4227

Mocking

Mock″ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.Mocking bird(Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for ...

4228

Mockingly

Mock″ing‐ly, adv. By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

4229

Mockingstock

Mock″ing‐stock′ (?), n. A butt of sport; an object of derision.

4230

Mockish

Mock″ish, a. Mock; counterfeit; sham.

4231

Mockle

Moc″kle (?), a. See Mickle.

4232

Moco

Mo″co (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; — called also rock cavy.

4233

Modal

Mo″dal (?), a. [Cf. F. modal. See Mode.] 1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality...

4234

Modalist

Mo″dal‐ist, n.(Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. Eadie.

4235

Modality

Mo‐dal″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. modalité.] 1. The quality or state of being modal.2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object pre...

4236

Modally

Mo″dal‐ly (?), adv. In a modal manner.A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally... by the particles “as” and “so.” Gibbs.

4237

Mode

Mode (?), n. [L. modus a measure, due or proper measure, bound, manner, form; akin to E. mete: cf. F. mode. See Mete, and cf. Commodious, Mood in grammar, Modus.] 1. Manner of d...

4238

Model

Mod″el (?), n. [F. modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.] 1. A miniature representation of a thin...

4239

Model (2)

Mod″el (?), a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.