Webster's Dictionary 1913

5563

Muhammadan

{ Mu‐ham″mad‐an (?), Mu‐ham″med‐an (?), } a. & n. Mohammedan.

5564

Muhammadanism

Mu‐ham″mad‐an‐ism (?), n. Mohammedanism.

5565

Mulada

‖Mu‐la″da (?), n. A moor. Lockhart.

5566

Mulada (2)

‖Mu‐la″da (?), n. [Sp. Amer., fr. Sp. mulo, mula, a mule.] A drove of mules.

5567

Mulatto

Mu‐lat″to (?), n.; pl.Mulattoes (#). [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or ...

5568

Mulattress

Mu‐lat″tress, n. A female mulatto. G. W. Gable.

5569

Mulberry

Mul″ber‐ry (?), n.; pl.Mulberries (#). [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. �, �. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.] 1. (Bot.) The b...

5570

Mulberry-faced

Mul″ber‐ry–faced′ (–fāst′), a. Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

5571

Mulch

Mulch (?), n. [Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit.] Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of ...

5572

Mulch (2)

Mulch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mulched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mulching.] To cover or dress with mulch.

5573

Mulct

Mulct (?), n. [L. mulcta, multa.] 1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.2. A blemish or defect.Syn. — Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.

5574

Mulct (2)

Mulct, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n.Mulcting.] [L. mulctare, multare.] 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniar...

5575

Mulctary

{ Mulc″ta‐ry (?), Mulc″tu‐a‐ry (?), } a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments. Sir W. Temple.

5576

Mule

Mule (mūl), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. μύκλοσ, μυχλόσ. Cf. AS. mūl, fr. L. mulus. Cf. Mulatto.] 1. (Zoöl.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated ...

5577

Mule killer

Mule killer. Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed; as: (a) A whip scorpion. (b) A ...

5578

Mule-jenny

Mule″–jen′ny (?), n. See Mule, 4.

5579

Muleteer

Mu′le‐teer″ (?), n. [F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus.] One who drives mules.

5580

Mulewort

Mule″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis.

5581

Muley

Mu″ley (?), n.(Sawmills) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate.Muley axle(Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Fo...

5582

Muley (2)

Mul″ey (?), n. See Mulley.

5583

Muliebrity

Mu′li‐eb″ri‐ty (mū′lĭ‐ĕb″rĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.] 1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers...

5584

Mulier

‖Mu″li‐er (?), n. 1. A woman.2. (Law) (a) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son. (b) (C...

5585

Mulierly

Mu″li‐er‐ly, adv. In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.

5586

Mulierose

Mu″li‐er‐ose′ (?), a. [L. mulierosus.] Fond of woman. Charles Reade.

5587

Mulierosity

Mu′li‐er‐os″i‐ty (?), n. [L. mulierositas.] A fondness for women. Dr. H. More.

5588

Mulierty

Mu″li‐er‐ty (?), n.(Law) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.

5589

Mulish

Mul″ish (mūl″ĭsh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. — Mul″ish‐ly, adv. — Mul″ish‐ness, n.