To wrap the head of in a hood.

See Moebles.

A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.

One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.

Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.

Variant spelling of moccasin.

A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.

Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins.

A seaport town of Yemen, on the Red Sea, also spelled Mukha.

Much.

Much.

A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.

Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

Such as can be mocked.

A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.

See Mokadour.

Mockery.

The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).

One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.

A smooth-barked North American hickory (Carya tomentosa) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.

The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

A long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of North America (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. Originally its range was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th century it had migrated as far north as New York. The name is also applied to other members of thee same and related genera, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico, Melanotis caerulescens.

By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

A butt of sport; an object of derision.

Mock; counterfeit; sham.

See Mickle.

A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy.

A modal auxiliary.

Any one of the auxiliary verbs of English, such as can, may, will, shall, must, might, could, would, or should, which are used together with the infinitive form of another verb to express distinctions of mood{2}, such as uncertainty, possibility, command, emphasis, and obligation.

A system of logic which studies how to combine propositions which include the concepts of necessity, possibility, and obligation.

One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity.

The quality or state of being modal.

In a modal manner.

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

resembling sculpture; as, her finely modeled features.

One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.

The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form.

To model.

An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; also called modulator-demodulator; as, the latest modems can transmit data at 56,000 baud over a clear telephone line. The speed of transmission of information by a modem is usually measured in units of baud, equivalent to bits per second.

A certain crimsonlike color.

Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.

To moderate.

Moderate; temperate.

Moderation.

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially, made less severe. Contrasted with harsh.

In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of intensifying.

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.

With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

The office of a moderator.

A female moderator.

A female moderator.

A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.

Modernization.

One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

Conspicuously (sometimes outrageously) modern in style or appearance; as, shiny tables in modernistic design.

Modernness; something modern.

The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

One who modernizes.

In modern times.

The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

In a modest manner.

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

Moderateness; smallness; meanness.

A little; a small quantity; a measured supply.

Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.

Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Modifiable.

To qualify.

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine.

That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.

Tending or serving to modify; modifying.

One who, or that which, modifies.

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to change a part of something while leaving most parts unchanged; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

Shaped like a bushel measure.

The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast.

One who follows the fashion.

One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress-maker or milliner.

A dry measure, containing about a peck.

A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

To pass from one key into another.

Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase altered at intervals to represent information to be transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated.

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

One who, or that which, modulates.

An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; usually called a modem.

To model; also, to modulate.

A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter.

The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

Fashionable.

More. See Mo.

Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).

An unguent for the hair.

Rubble masonry.

The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.

To move.

A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

To move away; to go off.

A hexagram{1a}, when used as the symbol of Judaism; called also Magen David and Star of David. It is included on the flag of the state of Israel

A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material.

an alternate from of mogul.

A person of the Mongolian race.

The empire created in India by invading Mongolians (Tatars), established under Baber, who conquered Hindustan in 1526. The established religion of the empire was Islam. After the death of the Great Mogul Aurung-Zeb in 1707, power passed to the Mahrattas and the British. The empire existed only nominally in the early 1800's, and was finally abolished in 1857 by the deposing of the last emperor.

Of or pertaining to the Moguls{2}; as, The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful piece of Mogul architecture, was built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jehan as a mausoleum for his favorite wife.

A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

The prophet who founded Islam (570-632).

A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islam (also called Islamism or Mohammedanism); an adherent of Islam; one who professes Islam; a Muslim; a Moslem; a Musselman; -- this term is used mostly by non-Moslems, and some Moslems find it offensive.

The era in use in Moslem countries. See Mohammedan year, below.

The year used by Muslims, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so that they retrograde through all the seasons in about 32/ years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year 622 a. d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 being Nov. 30, 1913, according to the Gregorian calendar.