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MOTH MULLEIN, nnWi-mul'lSn, a. A
plant.
MOTKWORT, muf/i'wurt, s. An herb.
MO TH V, mAt/i'e, a. Full of moths.MOTION, mo'shun, s. The act of changingpi ice , maimer of moving the body, port, gait;change of posture, action, tendency of themind, thought, proposal made ; impulse com-municated.
MOTIONLESS, mo'shun-les, a. Wantingmotion, being without motion.
MOTIVE, mo'tlv, a. 1.57. Causing motion,having movement ; having the power to move;havin'.' power to chance place.
MOTIVE, mA'tiv, s. That which determinesthe choice, that which incites to action.MOTLEY, mAt'lc, a. Mingled of variouscolours.
MOTOR, mo'tAr, *. 1C6. A mover.MOTORY, rao'tur-re, it. 512. Giving motion.
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MOTTO, mAt'to, s. A sentence added to adevice, or prefixed to hiiv thing written.
To MOVE, mAAv, v. a. 104. To put out ofone place into another, to put in motion ; togive an impulse to ; to propose, to recommend;to persuade ; to prevail on the mind ; to affect,to touch pathetically, to stir passion ; to makeangry ; to conduct regularly in motion.
To MOVE, mAAv, r. n. 64. To go from oneplace to another; to walk, to bear the body ;to go forward.
MOVEABLE, mAAv'A-bl, a. 405. Capableof being moved, not fixed ; portable; chang-ing the time of the year.
It may be observed that the mute e is preservedin this woid and its relatives because the preceding«has not its general sound.—See Rhyming Dictionary,Orthographical Aphorism to.
MOVEABLES, miSv'i-blz, *. Goods, fur-niture, distinguished from real or immoveablepossessions.
MOVEABLENESS, m5&v'st-bl-nes,s. Mo-bilitv, possibility to be moved.MOVEABLY, m6Sv'4-ble, ad. So as it mayhe moved.
MOVELESS, mSov'Ies, a. Unmoved, not
to We put out of the place.
MOVEMENT, miSv'ment, s. Manner of
moving ; motion.
MOVENT, mo'vent, a. Moving.
MOVER, iniiVvur, s. ps. The person or
thine dial (t'vo motion ; something thatmoves ; a proposer.
MOVING, moiVving, p nr t. a. Pf.thetick,lunching, adapted to affect the passions.MOVINGLY, tnSSMng-li, a. Pathetically,so as to seize the passions.
MOULD , mAld, s. 318. A kind of concre-tion on the top or outside of things kept mo-ti<<nle*s and damp ; earth, soil, ground inwhich any thing grows, matter of which anything is made ; the matrix in which any thingis cast, in which any thing receives its form ;cast, form.
fcy Then- in an incorrect pronunciation of this andsimilar words, chittdy among the vulgar, which is,sounding ihe wmd as if it were written mo-ooUL Thissound is often hvaul among incorrect speakers, wh- ieth«T»> is no diphthong, as in cold, bald, fold, &c. pro-nounced co-iHtldy hthaold, in-0»/f/,Jkc.while the cotrcctprefhunciation ot these words lias nothing of lb*- u or4 02
oo in it, but is exactly like foal'd, soPd,the preterits of the ver bs to Jbal, to sale, and to 4fttc. For there is no middle sound between ,,,«hale; and the woiils in question must either r * ewith howl'd ox foal’d ; but tile last is clour.y tupronunciation. . . » r y,
This word, before Dr. Johnson wrote his Pictn ywas frequently wiitten mold, which was P er ‘ i(i |,icagreeable to its Saxon deiivation and was lessto mispronunciation than the pie&enl spelling*word has three sienificKtions: mould, concretion ^imied by decay ; from whence to moulder , toly: mould, or eaith; lhat to whicli decay re< ^bodies: and a mould, a toiin to cast metals up•diversity of pronutn iaiion has endeavoured todi j #gnisli the first of these senses from llie lest,
;uish t
ng it so as to rhyme with hotcPd ; hut thesetionsof sound uuoer the same spelling oughtmuch as possible avoided. For the reasons, see *>*
To MOULD , mAld, r. n. To contract c° n 'creted matter, to gather mould. .
To MOULD , mild, v. a. To cover * l1
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To MOULD , mold , r. a . To form, to snapto model ; to knead, as, to mould bread.MOULDABLE, mAld'A-bl, «. What maymoulded. i.q
MOULDER, niAld'ur, it. 08. He "
moulds.
To MOULDER, mol'dur, v.n. To be turn 1
to du-t, to perish in dust.
To MOULDER, mAl'dur, e. o. To turn 1
MOULDINESS, mAl'do-ncs, *. The s taleof being mouldy.
MOULDING, molding, s. Ornaniencavities in worn) or stone. ^
MOULDWARP, niold'warp, s. A mol f >small animal that ihrows up the earth.MOULDY , mol'dc, a. Overgrown with c °cretions. .
To MOULT, mAlt, v.n. 318. To shedchange the feathers, to lose the feather •ToMOUNCH, munsh, v. a. 314. To *Obsolete. .^il
MOUN1), mAund, *.313. Any thing «*’to fortify or defend. - n ft
MOUNT, mount, s. 313. A mount* 1 Vhill ; an artificial hill raised in a gard^''other place ; a part of a fan. . r |,;
To MOUNT, mount, r. w. To raise on (Uto tower, to be built up to great elevating inget on horseback ; for Amount, to ralvalue. « t0
To MOUNT, mount, r. a. To raise al^’ „i>lift on high ; to ascend, to climb ; to $i,horseback ; to embellish with omarnc’ 1to mount a gun, to put the parts ot athef.—To Mount guard, to do duty armat any particular post.— lo Mount a g n it)f eto set a piece on its wooden frame for 11 - teasy carriage and management in firing $MOUNTAIN , moun'tfn, *. 208. fbill, a vast protuberance of the earth- jjj eMOUNTAIN , moun'tin, a. Pound »mountains. A 11
MOUNTAINEER, moun-t?n-m-or, *‘^ e , »inhabitant of the mountains ; a sAfreehooter, a rustick. 2
MOUNTAINOUS, moun'tin-n»s, I)U ^
full of mountains ; largo as mountain « ^
bulkv ; inhabiting mountains.^MOUNTAINOU,SNESS,mi>u» /t ' n ‘ n«. State of being full of mountains*