Webster's Dictionary 1913

5212

Mosk

Mosk (?), n. See Mosque.

5213

Moslem

Mos″lem (mŏz″lĕm), n.; pl.Moslems (–lĕmz), or collectivelyMoslem. [Ar. muslim a true believer in the Mohammedan faith, fr. salama to submit to God, to resign one's self to the d...

5214

Moslem (2)

Mos″lem (mŏz″lĕm), a. Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

5215

Moslings

Mos″lings (?), n. pl. Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins. Simmonds.

5216

Mososaurus

‖Mos′o‐sau″rus (?), n.(Paleon.) Same as Mosasaurus.

5217

Mosque

Mosque (mŏsk), n. [F. mosquée, Sp. mezquita, Ar. masjid, from sajada to bend, adore.] A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship. [Written also mosk.]

5218

Mosquito

Mos‐qui″to (mŏs‐kē‐tō̍), n.; pl.Mosquitoes (#). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca. Cf. Musket.] (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied gen...

5219

Moss

Moss (?), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. meós, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. Muscoid.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant o...

5220

Moss (2)

Moss, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mossing.] To cover or overgrow with moss.An oak whose boughs were mossed with age. Shak.

5221

Moss-grown

Moss″–grown′ (?), a. Overgrown with moss.

5222

Mossback

Moss″back′ (?), n. A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

5223

Mossbanker

{ Moss″bank′er (?), Moss″bunk′er (?), } n.(Zoöl.) The menhaded.

5224

Mossiness

Moss″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being mossy.

5225

Mosstrooper

Moss″troop′er (?), n. [Moss + trooper.] One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; — so called in allusion to...

5226

Mossy

Moss″y (?), a. [Compar.Mossier (?); superl.Mossiest.] 1. Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams.Old trees are more mossy far than...

5227

Most

Most (mōst), a., superl. of More. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. mǣst; akin to D. meest, OS. mēst, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. √103. See...

5228

Most (2)

Most, adv. [AS. mǣst. See Most, a.] In the greatest or highest degree.Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates. Milton.☞ Placed before an ...

5229

Most (3)

Most (?), adv. — Most-favored-nation clause(Diplomacy), a clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in cert...

5230

Mostahiba

Mos′ta‐hi″ba (?), n. See Mustaiba.

5231

Moste

Mos″te (?), obs.imp. of Mote. Chaucer.

5232

Mostic

{ Mos″tic, Mos″tick } (?), n. [See Maul-stick.] A painter's maul-stick.

5233

Mostly

Most″ly (?), adv. For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.

5234

Mostra

‖Mos″tra (?), n.(Mus.) See Direct, n.

5235

Mostwhat

Most″what′ (?), adv. For the most part. “All the rest do mostwhat far amiss.” Spenser.

5236

Mot

Mot (mōt), v. [Sing. pres. ind.Mot, Mote, Moot (mōt), pl.Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj.Mote; imp.Moste.] [See Must, v.] May; must; might.He moot as well say one word as another C...

5237

Mot (2)

Mot (mŏt; mō̍, def. 2), n. [F. See Motto.] 1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. Bp. Hall.Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. Shak.2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.Here a...

5238

Motacil

Mot″a‐cil (?), n. [Cf. F. motacille.] (Zoöl.) Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.