Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MORTIFIED

MOR'TIFIED, participle passive Affected by sphacelus or gangrene.1. Humbled; subdued; abased.

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MORTIFIEDNESS

MOR'TIFIEDNESS, noun Humiliation; subjection of the passions.

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MORTIFIER

MOR'TIFIER, noun He or that which mortifies.

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MORTIFY

MOR'TIFY, verb transitive [Latin mors, death, and facio, to make.]1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of some part of a living animal; to change to sphacelus o...

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MORTIFYING

MOR'TIFYING, participle present tense Changing from soundness to gangrene or sphacelus.1. Subduing; humbling; restraining.2.adjective Humiliating; tending to humble or abase.He ...

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MORTISE

MORTISE, noun mor'tis. A cut or hollow place made in timber by the augur and chisel, to receive the tenon of another piece of timber.MOR'TISE, verb transitive To cut or make a m...

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MORTISED

MOR'TISED, participle passive Having a mortise; joined by a mortise and tenon.

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MORTISING

MOR'TISING, participle present tense Making a mortise; uniting by a mortise and tenon.

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MORTLING

MORT'LING, noun Wool plucked from a dead sheep.

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MORTMAIN

MORT'MAIN, noun In law, possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate. Alienation in mortmain is an alienation of lands or tenements to any corpo...

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MORTPAY

MORT'PAY, noun Dead pay; payment not made. [Not used.]

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MORTRESS

MOR'TRESS, noun [from mortar.] A dish of meat of various kinds beaten together. [Not used.]

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MORTUARY

MOR'TUARY, noun1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by and due to the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originall...

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MOSAIC

MOSA'IC, adjective s as z. [Latin musivum.]1.mosaic work is an assemblage of little pieces of glass, marble, precious stones, etc. of various colors, cut square and cemented on ...

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MOSCHATEL

MOS'CHATEL, noun [Latin muscus, musk.] A plant of the genus Adoxa, hollow root or inglorious. There is one species only, whose leaves and flowers smell like musk; and hence it i...

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MOSK

MOSK, noun A Mohammedan temple or place of religious worship. Mosks are square building, generally constructed of stone. Before the chief gate is a square court paved with white...

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MOSS

MOSS, noun [Latin muscus.] The mosses are one of the seven families or classes into which all vegetables are divided by Linne in the Philosophia Botanica. In Ray's method, the m...

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MOSS-GROWN

MOSS-GROWN, adjective Overgrown with moss; as moss-grown towers.

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MOSSED

MOSS'ED, participle passive Overgrown with moss.

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MOSSINESS

MOSS'INESS, noun [from mossy.] The state of being overgrown with moss.MOSS'-TROOPER, noun [moss and trooper.] A robber; a bandit.

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MOSSY

MOSS'Y, adjective Overgrown with moss; abounding with moss.Old trees are more mossy than young.1. Shaded or covered with moss, or bordered with moss; as mossy brooks; mossy foun...

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MOST

MOST, adjectivesuperlative of more.1. Consisting of the greatest number. That scheme of life is to be preferred, which presents a prospect of the most advantages with the fewest...

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MOSTHWAT

MOSTHWAT, adverb For the most part.

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MOSTIC

MOS'TIC, noun A painter's staff or stick on which he rests his hand in painting.

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MOSTLY

MOSTLY, adverb For the greatest part. The exports of the U. States consist mostly of cotton, rice, tobacco, flour and lumber.

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MOT

MOT. [See Motto.]

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MOTACIL

MO'TACIL, noun [Latin motacilla.] A bird of the genus Motacilla or wagtail.