Webster's Dictionary 1913

4429

Mollebart

Mol″le‐bart (?), n. An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [Written also mollebært and mouldebært...

4430

Mollemoke

Mol″le‐moke′ (?), n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, a...

4431

Mollient

Mol″lient (?), a. [L. molliens, p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis soft.] Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

4432

Molliently

Mol″lient‐ly, adv. Assuagingly.

4433

Mollifiable

Mol″li‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being mollified.

4434

Mollification

Mol′li‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.] The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer.

4435

Mollifier

Mol″li‐fi′er (?), n. One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon.

4436

Mollify

Mol″li‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mollified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mollifying (?).] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v...

4437

Mollinet

Mol″li‐net (?), n. [Cf. Moline.] A little mill.

4438

Mollipilose

Mol′li‐pi‐lose″ (?), a. [L. mollis soft + pilosus hairy.] (Zoöl.) Having soft hairs; downy.

4439

Mollities

‖Mol‐li″ti‐es (?), n.(Med.) Unnatural softness of any organ or part. Dunglison.

4440

Mollitude

Mol″li‐tude (?), n. [L. mollitudo, fr. mollis soft.] Softness; effeminacy; weakness.

4441

Mollusc

Mol″lusc (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Mollusk.

4442

Mollusca

‖Mol‐lus″ca (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and La...

4443

Molluscan

Mol‐lus″can (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to mollusks. — n. A mollusk; one of the Mollusca.

4444

Molluscoid

Mol‐lus″coid (?), a. [Mollusca + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. — n. One of the Molluscoidea.

4445

Molluscoidal

Mol′lus‐coid″al (?), a.(Zoöl.) Molluscoid.

4446

Molluscoidea

‖Mol′lus‐coi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; — called also Anthoid Mollusca....

4447

Molluscous

Mol‐lus″cous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Molluscan.

4448

Molluscum

‖Mol‐lus″cum (?), n. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; — so called from the resemblan...

4449

Mollusk

Mol″lusk (?), n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zoöl.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollu...

4450

Molly

Mol″ly (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Mollemoke.

4451

Molly (2)

Mol″ly, n. A pet or colloquial name for Mary.Molly cottontail. (Zoöl.) See Cottontail. — Molly Maguire (mȧ‐gwīr″); pl.Molly Maguires (–gwīrz). (a) A member of a secret associati...

4452

Molly-mawk

Mol″ly–mawk′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Mollemoke.

4453

Moloch

Mo″loch (?), n. [Heb. molek king.] 1. (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.2. (Zoöl.) A sp...

4454

Molokane

{ Mol′o‐ka″ne (?), Mol′o‐ka″ny }, n. pl. [Russ. molokane.] See Raskolnik.

4455

Molosse

Mo‐losse″ (?), n. See Molossus.