Webster's Dictionary 1913

5185

Mortmain

Mort″main′ (?), n. [F. mort, morte, dead + main hand; F. main-morte. See Mortal, and Manual.] (Law) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands t...

5186

Mortmal

Mort″mal (?), n. See Mormal. B. Jonson.

5187

Mortpay

Mort″pay′ (?), n. [F. mort dead + E. pay.] Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. Bacon.

5188

Mortress

{ Mor″tress (?), Mor″trew (?), } n. [See Mortar.] A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. Chaucer.Bacon.

5189

Mortuary

Mor″tu‐a‐ry (?), n.; pl.Mortuaries (#). [LL. mortuarium. See Mortuary, a.] 1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish ...

5190

Mortuary (2)

Mor″tu‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See Mortal.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.Mortuary urn, an urn for holding the as...

5191

Morula

‖Mor″u‐la (?), n.; pl.Morulæ (#). [NL., dim. of L. morum a mulberry.] (Biol.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the...

5192

Morulation

Mor′u‐la″tion (?), n.(Biol.) The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed.

5193

Morus

‖Mo″rus (?), n. [L., mulberry tree. See Mulberry.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.☞ Morus alba is the white mulb...

5194

Morwe

Mor″we (?), n. See Morrow. Chaucer.

5195

Morwening

Mor″wen‐ing (?), n. Morning.

5196

Mos

Mos (?), n., sing. of Mores.

5197

Mosaic

Mo‐sa″ic (?), n. [F. mosaïque; cf. Pr. mozaic, musec, Sp. & Pg. mosaico, It. mosaico, musaico, LGr. �, �, L. musivum; all fr. Gr. � belonging to the Muses. See Muse the goddess....

5198

Mosaic (2)

Mo‐sa″ic, a. Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or i...

5199

Mosaic (3)

Mo‐sa″ic, a. [From Moses.] Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

5200

Mosaical

Mo‐sa″ic‐al (?), a. Mosaic (in either sense). “A mosaical floor.” Sir P. Sidney.

5201

Mosaically

Mo‐sa″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In the manner of a mosaic.

5202

Mosaism

Mo″sa‐ism (?), n. Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.

5203

Mosasaur

{ Mos″a‐saur (?), Mos′a‐sau″ri‐an (?), } n.(Paleon.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.

5204

Mosasauria

‖Mos′a‐sau″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mosasaurus.] (Paleon.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentl...

5205

Mosasaurus

‖Mos′a‐sau″rus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Mosa the River Meuse (on which Meastricht is situated) + Gr. � a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards,...

5206

Moschatel

Mos″cha‐tel′ (?), n. [Gr. � musk: cf. F. moscatelline. See Muscadel, Musk.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a...

5207

Moschine

Mos″chine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk deer.

5208

Mosel

Mos″el (?), n. & v. See Muzzle. Chaucer.

5209

Moselle

Mo‐selle″ (?), n. A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle.

5210

Moses

Mo″ses (?), n. A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

5211

Mosey

Mo″sey (?), v. i. [Perh. fr. Vamose.] To go, or move (in a certain manner); — usually with out, off, along, etc. E. N. Wescott.