3. Humiliation, self-abasement, self-denial.

Mortify, v. a. 1. Gangrene, gangrenate.

2. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble.

3. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down.

Mortify, v. n. Gangrene, lose vitality.

Mortuary, n. Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial-place, necropolis, burial ground, city of the dead.

Mortuary, a. Of the dead.

Mosaic, a. 1. Inlaid, tessellated.

2. Of Moses.

Mosaical, a. 1. Inlaid, tessellated.

2. Of Moses.

Moslem, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan, Mussulman.

Mosque, n. Mahometan temple.

Moss-agate, n. Mocha-stone.

Moss-bunker, n. Menhaden, pauhaugen, hardhead.

Moss-pink, n. Ground-pink (Phlox subulata).

Moss-trooper, n. Bandit, marauder.

Most, a. Greatest number of.

Most, ad. In the greatest degree.

Most, n. 1. Greatest part, greatest number.

2. Utmost.

Mostly, ad. Mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part.

Most of all, Especially, principally, chiefly, above all.

Mote, n. Spot, speck, mite, particle, atom, corpuscle.

Moth, n. (Ent.) Miller.

Mother, n. Mamma, female parent, dam (applied to a beast).

Mother, a. 1. Native, natural.

2. Vernacular.

Mother Carey's chicken, Stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica).

Motherly, a. Maternal, affectionate, kind, tender.

Mother-of-pearl, n. Nacre.

Mother-wit, n. Native wit, common sense.

Motion, n. 1. [Opposed to Rest.] Movement, action, passage, change of place.

2. Impulse, prompting, suggestion.

3. Proposition (especially one made in a deliberative body), proposal.

Motionless, a. Still, quiescent, stationary, at rest, at a stand, stock still, standing still.

Motive, n. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, prompting, influence, reason, ground, principle, consideration, cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore.

Motley, a. 1. Variegated, dappled, mottled.

2. Heterogeneous, of various kinds.

Mottled, a. Variegated, spotted, motley, speckled, dappled, piebald, of various colors.

Mould, n. [Sometimes written Mold.] 1. Loam.

2. Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, rust, blight, smut.

3. Matrix, matrice.

4. Form, shape, cast, fashion.

Mould, v. a. [Sometimes written Mold.] Form, shape, fashion, carve, model.

Moulder, v. n. Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into decay, fall to pieces, waste away.

Mouldwarp, n. Molewarp, mole.

Mouldy, a. Musty, rusty, mildewed.

Moult, v. n. [Sometimes written Molt.] Shed feathers, hair, &c.

Moult, v. a. Shed (feathers, hair, &c.), mew.

Mound, n. 1. Hillock, heap.

2. Rampart, bulwark, defence.

Mount, n. [Used before a proper name and in poetry.] Mountain, high hill.

Mount, v. n. 1. Rise, ascend, arise, uprise, tower, soar, go up, rise on high.

2. Get on horseback.

Mount, v. a. 1. Ascend, climb, scale, escalade, get upon.

2. Put or raise (upon something).

3. Embellish, cover with ornaments.

4. (Mil.) Carry, be furnished with.

Mount guard, Do duty as sentinel.

Mountain, n. Mount, high hill, vast eminence.

Mountain-ash, (European) n. Rowan-tree, quicken-tree, fowler's service-tree, roan-tree (Pyrus aucuparia or Sorbus aucuparia).

Mountebank, n. Pretender, charlatan, empiric, quack, quack doctor.

Mourn, v. n. Grieve, lament, be sorrowful.

Mourn, v. a. Deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.

Mournful, a. Sad, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, grievous, calamitous, lamentable, melancholy, deplorable, woful.

Mournfulness, n. Sorrow, mourning, grief.

Mourning, n. 1. Lamentation, sorrow, grief.

2. Weeds, symbol of sorrow.

Mouse, v. n. 1. Catch mice.

2. Peer, search, pry about, look closely.

Mouth, n. 1. Chaps, jaws, cavity between the jaws.