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Show MO O Pleafure and pain fignify whatfoever delights o Locke molefts us Both are doom'd to death And the dead wake not to molef the living. Ro.we Movesta'rion. #. /. [moleftia, Latin from mwolgff.] Difturbance; uneafinef by vexation caufe ufelefs unto us, and rather of molsf} Thoug ation, we refrain from killing fwallows. Brown An internal fatisfaétion and acquiefcence, o diffatisfaction and muoleffation of fpirit, attend th practice of virtue and vice refpectively Norris's Mifeel Move'sTERr 7. / On molef. [fro who difturbs Mo'veTrack. # J. [mole and track. Courfe of the mole under-ground The pot-trap is a deep earthen veffel fet in th ground, with the brim even with the bottom o the moletracks Aortimer Mo'LewarP. #. /. [mole an Saxon. Sece Mourpware. peonpan A mole The molewarp's brains mixt therewithal And with the fame the pifmire's gall Mo LLIENT. adj. [mollieas, Lat. Shake[peare Mo LL1FIER. 2. /. [from mollify. Th that whic root hath a tender, dainty heat apwhich when it-cometh -above ground to the fun and air vanifheth; for it is a great mollifier Bacon 2. He that pacifies or mitigates o Mo LLIFY. w. a. [mollio, Latin; mollr, French. them to health no mollifyin plaifter reftore Wifd. xvi. 12 Sores have not been clofed, neither bound up neither mollified with ointment Ifaiab, i. 6 3. To appeafe to pacify to quiet Thinking her filent imaginations began to wor upon fomewhat, to mollify them, as the nature o mufick is to do, I took up my harp Sidney He brought them to thefe favage parts An with fweet fcience mollify'd their ftubbor hearts Spenfer The crone, on the wedding night, finding th knight's averfion, fpeaks a gcod word for herfelf in hope to mollify the fullen bridegroom. Dryden 4. To qualify; to leflen any thing hart o burdenfome They would, by yielding to fome things, whe they refufed others, fooncr prevail with the houfe to mallif thei demands than at firf them to refor Clarendon. Cowley thus paints Goliah The valley, now, this monfter feem'd to fill An we methought look' up tohim from ou hiil where the two words, feem' have mollified the figure WMo'vTen the great moly of Homer, the Indian mwly, th moly of Hungary, ferpent's moly, the yellow maly Spanifh purple soly, Spanith filver-capped moly Diofcorides's moly, the fweet moly of Montpelier the roots are tender, and muft be carefully defended from frofts: as for the time of thei flowering, the moly of Homer flowers in May and continues till July, and fo do all the reft excep the laft, which is late in September: they ar Mortimer hardy, and will thrive in any foil The fovereign plant he drew and its wond'rous pow'r And fhew'd its nature Biack was the root, but milky white the flower Pope's Odyffey Molly the name Movro'sses. | #. f. [melazzo, Italian. Treacle; the fpume o Mora"ssEs. fcum of the juice of the {ugar cane Mowme. #. /. A dull, ftupid blockhead, ftock, a poft: this owes its original to th French word momon, which fignifies th the rul another covers, but not a word is to b fpoken ; hence alfo comes our wor mum for filence Hanmer DMome, malthorfe, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch Either get thee from the door, or fit down at th hatch Shakefpeare MO'MENT tum, Lat. ». f 1. Confequence value [moment Fr. momen importance weight We do no of error, fo to be wort of any mumen find that our Saviour reproved the thinking the judgment of the fcribe the objeéting, for efteeming it to b or value in matters concerning God Hooker T have feen her die twenty times upon far poore moment Shake[peare What towns of any moment but we have ?" Shak an methought Dryden part. pafl. from melt Brafs is molten cut of the ftone. Fob, xxviii. 2 In a fmall furnace made of a temperate heat let the heat be fuch as may keep the metal molren and no more LBacon Love's myftick form the artizans of Greec In wounded ftone, or molten gold exprefs Prior feeing that withou ence of God 2. Force this we can evince the exiftBentley's Sermons impulfiv weight actuatin power The place of publick prayer is a <ircumftanc in the outward form, which hath moment to hel devotion Hooker Can thefe or fuch be any aid to us Look they as they were built to fhake the world Or be a moment to our enterprize Ben Fonfon Touch with lighteft moment of impulf His frec-will, to her own inclining lef In even fcale He is a capable judge Milton's Paradife Loft can hear both fides wit an indifferent ear; is determined only by the moments of truth, and fo retraéts his paft errors Norris 3. An indivifible particle of time IfI would go to hel for an eternal noment o fo,I could be knighted. Shakefp. Merry Wiwves The flighty purpofe never iso'ertook Unlefs the deed go with it: from this momen The very firftlings of my heart fhall b The firltlings of my hand. Shakefpeare's Macketh The imaginary reafoning of brutes is not a diftinét reafoning, but performed in a phyfical moment Hale While T a moment name, a moment's paft I"m nearer death in this verfe than the laft What then is to be done? Be wife with {peed A fool at forty is a fool indeed Yet thus receiving and returning blif In this great moment, in this golden now Whenev'ry trace of what, or when, or how MoMe'NTALLY. 4du, ‘[fi'a Lat.] For a moment Air but momentally vemainin no proportionable fpace f r itsgcbn::: length enou/gh to refrigerate he heart MoMENTA'NEOUS, | adj Mo MENTANY taneus, Latin. Young Shou'd from my foul by raging love be torn. Prior rench-.m Lafiing but a n;o' ; Small difficulties, whe exceedi is fure to enfue; and, o the othergfi n n b?nefits whe the hurt which th; after them is unfpeakable fpected Flam It is an abftrufe fpeculation, but alfo of far lef moment and confequence to us than the others 1. To foften; to make foft 2. To aflwage Neither herb is of feveral forts; a of which is, that a firi& filence is t be obferved ; whatfoever {um one ftake and what will make them fofter and fofter. Bacon foftens or wild garlick Soften- For induration or mollification, it is to be inquired what will make metals harder and harder 1. That whic peafes Moly gaming at dice in mafquerade Mo LLIFIABLE. adj. [from mollify.] Tha may be foftened Morririca'rion. z. /. [{rom mollify. 1. The act of mollifying or foftening Some mollification, fweet lady A plant Drayton lng 2. Pacification ; mitigation Mo'ry. #.7. [moly, Latin 5 moly, French. wit above is durabl us it i ar and c,onfifimy a ftranger and momentany Scatce could the thad k The horrid fum of his intentions t'ell),'.km But fhe, {wift as the maomeEntary wi Of light'ning, ot the words he fpoke lef Mo'MENTARY adj. [from moment.? ing for a moment; done in 4 mome; M mentary asa found Swift as a fhadow, fhort as any dream Shake Swift as thought the fitting fhad Through air his momentary journey made, Onions, garlick :I grea fever pepper fal an yinegar i quantities, excite a moinent\ayy heat u Ay Mome'NToUS. 44). [from momentun, L) Important ; weighty ; of confequerg Great Anne weighing th' events of wa Momentous, in her prudent heart thee chofs © . Phl If any falfe ftep be made in themoremu concerns of life, the whole fcheme of ambify defigns is broken It would be a very weak thing to give upfy mentous a point as this, only becaufe it has k contefted Wl Mo MMERY. 5. /. [or mummery, fromm mer, momerie, French.] An entert ment in which mafkers play frolic See MoME All was jollity Feafting and mirth, light wantonnefs and lughtt Piping and playing, minftrelfy and mafking Till life fled from us like an idle dream R A fhew of mummery without a meaning Mo'~acHAL. adj. [monacal, Frenc_h;.ur Monaihck; nachalis, Lat. poayinds. relating to monks, or conventual 0 ders Mo NACHISM. . J. [monachifue, ] The ftate of monks; the monfi life Mo'~ap Y #. /. [uwde Mo'~aDE thing An u}dmfibk i Difunity is the natural property ofmafw‘;f of itfelf is nothing but an infinite congeris 0&:{', fical monads MO'NARCH [ovepx0ce h;. #. f. [monarch, Fred 1. A governor invefled with abfoluied thority; a king I wa 4 G A morfel for a monarch. Sbakefp. Ante ‘é'l Your brother kings and "i(:imfl? y(fnir(:lf Do all expeé that you th fhou roule Sbfl‘.'f':;': The father of a family or natiod t.h%?' his fervants like children, and adwffi:n‘g{-l- in what concerns the commoqweal' ghe b is willingly obeyed by them, 18 what qoph mean by a monarch of the & 2. One fuperior te the ref kind The monarch oak, the patriarch Ofi t'.fi\m Three centuries he grows, and three Supreme in ftate, and in three more decfs |