Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOD'U-LA-TOR, n.

He or that which modulates. The tongue is a principal modulator of the human voice.

MODULE, n. [Fr.; from L. modulus.]

1. A model or representation.
2. In architecture, a certain measure or size taken at pleasure for regulating the proportion of columns, and the symmetry or disposition of the whole building. The usual module of a column is its semidiameter at the base. This is divided into parts or minutes. Encyc.

MOD'ULE, v.t.

To model; to shape; to modulate. [Little used.]

MO-DUS, n. [L.]

A compensation for tithes; an equivalent in money or other certain thing, given to a parson or vicar by the owners of land in lieu of tithes. The whole phrase is modus decimandi; but modus alone is commonly used. Blackstone.

MODUS-OPERANDI, n. [Modus operandi; L.]

Manner of operating.

MOD'WA-LL, n.

A bird.

MOE, a.

More. [Not used.] Hooker.

MO-GUL', n.

The name of a prince or emperor of the nation in Asia called Moguls, or Monguls.

MO'HAIR, n. [G. mohr, mohair and a moor; Fr. moire; Russ. mor.]

The hair of a kind of goat in Turkey, of which are made camlets, which are sometimes called by the same name. Encyc.

MO'HAIR-SHELL, n.

In conchology, a peculiar species of Voluta, of a closely and finely reticulated texture, resembling on the surface mohair, or a close web of the silk-worm. Encyc.

MO-HAM'MED-AN, a.

Pertaining to Mohammed or Mahomet.

MO-HAM'MED-AN, n.

A follower of Mohammed, the founder of the religion of Arabia and Persia.

MO-HAM'MED-ISM, n.

The religion, or doctrines and precepts of Mohammed, contained in the Koran.

MO-HAM'MED-IZE, v.t.

To make conformable to the principles or modes and rites of Mohammed.

MO'HAWK, or MOHOCK, n.

The appellation given to certain ruffians who infested the streets of London; so called from the nation of Indians of that name in America. Prior.

MO'HEER, n.

A British Indian gold coin, value fifteen rupees. Malcolm.

MOI'DORE, n.

A gold coin of Portugal, valued at $6 or £17s. sterling.

MOIL, n.

A spot. [Sax. mal.] [Not in use.]

MOIL, v.i. [Gr. μολος, μωλος, labor, combat; μωλεω, to strive, to fight; L. molior, and miles; Ar. عَمِلَ amila, to work, labor, perform, to strive, to war; Heb. Ch. Syr. and Sam. עמל, id. Class Ml, No. 15, 12.]

To labor; to toil; to work with painful efforts. Now be must moil and drudge for one he lothes. Dryden.

MOIL, v.t. [Fr. mouiller.]

1. To daub; to make dirty. [Little used.] Knolles.
2. To weary. [See the next word.] Chapman.

MOIST, a. [Fr. moite, for moiste; Arm. mouest; Russ. motzu, to wet. If the last radical letter is a dental, this word may belong to the family of L. madeo, Gr. μυδαω. See Class Ms, No. 1, and Class Μd, No. 1.]

1. Moderately wet; damp; as, a moist atmosphere or air. Exhalation dusk and moist. Milton.
2. Containing water or other liquid in a perceptible degree.

MOIST, v. [As a verb, is obsolete.]

MOIST-EN, v.t. [mois'n.]

To make damp; to wet in a small degree. A pipe a little moistened on the inside. Bacon. His bones are moistened with marrow. Job xxi.

MOIST-EN-ED, pp. [mois'nd.]

Made wet in a small degree.

MOIST-EN-ER, n. [mois'ner.]

He or that which moistens.