Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 71
Moorish (a.) Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. "Moorish fens." -- Thomson.
Moorish (a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
Moorish architecture, () The style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. Under Moresque.
Moorish (a.) Relating to or characteristic of the Moors; "Moorish courtyard" [syn: Moorish, Moresque].
Moorish (n.) A style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches [syn: Moorish, Moorish architecture].
Moorland (n.) Land consisting of a moor or moors.
Moorland (n.) Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moor, moorland].
Moorland, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 197
Housing Units (2000): 83
Land area (2000): 0.999558 sq. miles (2.588842 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.999558 sq. miles (2.588842 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53895
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.442108 N, 94.293661 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50566
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Moorland, IA
Moorland
Moorland, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 464
Housing Units (2000): 213
Land area (2000): 0.096058 sq. miles (0.248788 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.096058 sq. miles (0.248788 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53328
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.273020 N, 85.579048 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Moorland
Moorpan (n.) A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.
Moorstone (n.) A species of English granite, used as a building stone.
Mooruk (n.) [Native name.] (Zool.) A species of cassowary ({Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue.
Moory (a.) Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish. -- Mortimer.
As when thick mists arise from moory vales. -- Fairfax.
Moory (n.) A kind of blue cloth made in India. -- Balfour (Cyc of India).
Moose (n.) A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.
Moose (n.) [ C ] (pl. Moose) (UK also elk) 麋，駝鹿 A type of large deer with large, flat horns and a long nose that lives in the forests of North America, northern Europe, and Asia.
Moosewood (n.) (Bot.) The striped maple ({Acer Pennsylvanicum).
Moosewood (n.) Leatherwood.
Moosewood (n.) Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: moosewood, moose-wood, striped maple, striped dogwood, goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum].
Moosewood (n.) Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers [syn: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris].
Moot (v.) See 1st Mot.
Moot (n.) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Mooted (imp. & p. p.) of Moot.
Mooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moot.
Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
Moot (v. t.) Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
Moot (v. i.) To argue or plead in a supposed case.
Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
Moot (v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
Moot (a.) Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Mootable (a.) Capable of being mooted.
Mooter (n.) A disputer of a mooted case.
Moot-hall (n.) Alt. of Moot-house.
Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment.
Moot-hill (n.) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill.
Mootmen (n. pl. ) of Mootman.
Mootman (n.) (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.
Mop (n.) A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" -- Beau. & Fl.
Mop (v. i.) To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Mop (n.) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
Mop (n.) A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
Mop (n.) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened.
Mop head. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
Mopped (imp. & p. p.) of Mop.
Mopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mop.
Mop (v. t.) To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
Mop (n.) Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab, swob, mop].
Mop (v.) To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe up, mop up, mop].
Mop (v.) Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow].
MOP, () Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC).
MOP, () Meta Object Protocol (CLOS).
MOP, () Multiple Original Prints.
Mopboard (n.) (Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Mopboard (n.) A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor [syn: baseboard, mopboard, skirting board].
Mope (v. t.) To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
Mope (n.) A dull, spiritless person. -- Burton.
Moped (imp. & p. p.) of Mope.
Moping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mope.
Mope (v. i.) To be dull and spiritless ; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. "Moping melancholy." -- Milton.
A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. -- Shak.
Mope (n.) Someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger].
Mope (v.) Move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: mope, mope around].
Mope (v.) Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: mope, moon around, moon about].
Mope-eyed (a.) Shortsighted; purblind.
Mopeful (a.) Mopish. [R.]
Mopish (a.) Dull; spiritless; dejected. -- Mop"ish*ly, adv. -- Mop"ish*ness, n.
Moplah (n.) One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar.
Moppet (n.) A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.
Moppet (n.) (Zool.) A long-haired pet dog. Mopsey
Moppet (n.) A little girl (usually one you are fond of).
Mopsey (n.) Alt. of Mopsy.
Mopsy (n.) A moppet.
Mopsy (n.) A slatternly, untidy woman. -- Halliwell.
Mopsical (a.) Shortsighted; mope-eyed.
Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.
Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Moquette (n.) [F.] A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Moquette (n.) A thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery.
Mora (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
Mora (n.) [L.] (Rom. & Civil Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
Mora (n.) [It.] A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
Mora, () In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. 60; Encyclopedie, mot Demeure; Broderode, mot Mora.
Moraine (n.) (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. -- Lyell.
Note: If the moraine is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moraine; if at the side, a lateral moraine; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moraine. See Illust. of Glacier. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moraines of the branches of the glacier. A ground moraine is one beneath the mass of ice.
Moraine (n.) Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier.
Moraine, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 6897
Housing Units (2000): 3127
Land area (2000): 9.070917 sq. miles (23.493566 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.272740 sq. miles (0.706393 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.343657 sq. miles (24.199959 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52010
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.695650 N, 84.227677 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Moraine, OH
Moraine
Morainic (a.) Of or pertaining to a moranie.
Moral (n.) The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them. -- South.
Moral (n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself. -- Shak.
To point a moral, or adorn a tale. -- Johnson.
We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters. -- Macaulay.
Moral (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5.
Moral (a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. -- Hooker.
Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. -- Dryden.
She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. -- Hawthorne.
Moral (a.) Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
The wiser and more moral part of mankind. -- Sir M. Hale.
Moral (a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense. -- J. Edwards.
Moral (a.) Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
Moral (a.) Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Moral (a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
Moral agent, A being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong.
Moral certainty, A very high degree or probability, although not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon in the affairs of life; as, there is a moral certainty of his guilt.
Moral insanity, Insanity, so called, of the moral system; badness alleged to be irresponsible.
Moral philosophy, The science of duty; the science which treats of the nature and condition of man as a moral being, of the duties which result from his moral relations, and the reasons on which they are founded.
Moral play, An allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.]
Moral sense, The power of moral judgment and feeling; the capacity to perceive what is right or wrong in moral conduct, and to approve or disapprove, independently of education or the knowledge of any positive rule or law.
Moral theology, Theology applied to morals; practical theology; casuistry.
Moral (v. i.) To moralize. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Moral (a.) Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life" [ant: immoral].
Moral (a.) Psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support."
Moral (n.) The significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" [syn: moral, lesson].
Moral, () Mentioned in "An Overview of Ada", J.G.P. Barnes, Soft Prac & Exp 10:851-887 (1980).
Moral, (a.) Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right.
Having the quality of general expediency.
It is sayd there be a raunge of mountaynes in the Easte, on one syde of the which certayn conducts are immorall, yet on the other syde they are holden in good esteeme; wherebye the mountayneer is much conveenyenced, for it is given to him to goe downe eyther way and act as it shall suite his moode, withouten offence. _Gooke's Meditations_
Morale (a.) The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
Morale (n.) A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose.
Morale (n.) The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: esprit de corps, morale, team spirit].
Moraler (n.) A moralizer. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Moralism (n.) A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth. -- Farrar.
Moralism (n.) A moral maxim.
Moralism (n.) Judgments about another person's morality; "he could not stand her hectoring moralism."
Moralist (n.) One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. -- Addison.
Moralist (n.) One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.
The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. -- Hammond.
Moralist (n.) A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
Moralist (n.) Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist].
Moralities (n. pl. ) of Morality.
Morality (n.) The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.
The morality of an action is founded in the freedom of that principle, by virtue of which it is in the agent's power, having all things ready and requisite to the performance of an action, either to perform or not perform it. -- South.
Morality (n.) The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.
Of moralitee he was the flower. -- Chaucer.
I am bold to think that morality is capable of demonstration. -- Locke.
Morality (n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.
The end of morality is to procure the affections to obey reason, and not to invade it. -- Bacon.
The system of morality to be gathered out of . . . ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. -- Swift.
Morality (n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. -- Strutt.
Morality (n.) Intent; meaning; moral. [Obs.]
Taketh the morality thereof, good men. -- Chaucer.
Morality (n.) Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct [ant: immorality].
Morality (n.) Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality].
Morality (n.) [ C or U ] 道德體系；道德觀；道德；道義 A set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour and character.
// They argued for a new morality based on self-sacrifice and honesty.
Moralization (n.) The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
Moralization (n.) Explanation in a moral sense. -- T. Warton.
Moralization (n.) Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code; "his constant moralizing drove me mad" [syn: moralizing, moralization, moralisation].
Moralization (n.) The act of making moral (or more moral); "for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature" [syn: moralization, moralisation].
Moralize (v. i.) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
Moralize (v. i.) To lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles.
Syn: sermonize, preachify, moralise.
Moralized (imp. & p. p.) of Moralize.
Moralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moralize.
Moralize (v. t.) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
This fable is moralized in a common proverb. -- L'Estrange.
Did he not moralize this spectacle? -- Shak.
Moralize (v. t.) To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. -- Wordsworth.
Moralize (v. t.) To render moral; to correct the morals of.
It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. -- D. Ramsay.
Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. -- Sir T. Browne.
Moralize (v.) Interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story" [syn: moralize, moralise].
Moralize (v.) Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes" [syn: sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise].
Moralize (v.) Improve the morals of [syn: moralize, moralise].
Moralizer (n.) One who moralizes.
Morally (adv.) In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood. -- South.
Morally (adv.) According to moral rules; virtuously. "To live morally." -- Dryden.
Morally (adv.) In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.
Morally (adv.) In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.
It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon his guard. -- L'Estrange.
Morally (adv.) With respect to moral principles; "morally unjustified."
Morally (adv.) In a moral manner; "he acted morally under the circumstances" [syn: morally, virtuously] [ant: amorally, immorally].
Morass (n.) 沼澤，低窪濕地 [C] ；困境；亂糟糟的一堆 [U] [S1] A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
Morass ore. (Min.) See Bog ore, under Bog.
Morass (n.) A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack].
Morass (n.) - Morassy (a.) : An area of soft, wet ground : a marsh or swamp.
Morass (n.) Marsh, Swamp.
Morass (n.) A situation that traps, confuses, or impedes.
// A legal morass.
Morass (n.) An overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture.
// A morass of traffic jams -- Mary Roach.
Morass (n.) [ C usually singular ] (Complicated situation) 泥沼；困境 Something that is extremely complicated and difficult to deal with and makes any progress almost impossible.
// The morass of rules and regulations is delaying the start of the project.
Morass (n.) [ C usually singular ] (Wet ground) (Literary) 沼澤，泥淖 An area of soft, wet ground in which it is easy to get stuck.
Morassy (a.) Marshy; fenny. [R.] -- Pennant.
Morassy (a.) Of or related to a morass or fen.
Morate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of moric acid.
Moration (n.) A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.