c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life, 190. On the west side of school court, a spacious room, nicknamed MOAB, has been erected, with numerous marble basins, and an unlimited supply of fresh water.
1865. Etoniana, 21. Like Wykeham’s scholars, the Eton boys rose [temp. Eliz.] at five, said their Latin prayers antiphonally while dressing, then made their own beds and swept out their chambers. Two by two they then “went down” to wash, probably at some outdoor conduit or fountain like the old Winchester MOAB.
1867. Collins, The Public Schools, p. 45. Independent of very early hours and somewhat coarse fare, it was not pleasant to have to wash at the old MOAB, as it was called—an open conduit in the quadrangle, where it was necessary, on a severe winter morning, for a junior to melt the ice on the stop-cock with a lighted faggot before any water could be got to flow at all.
Mob. To mob up, verb. phr. (Charterhouse).—To hustle; TO BARGE (q.v.); TO BRICK (q.v.).
Mods, subs. (Oxford).—The first public examination for degrees. [An abbreviation of “Moderations.”]
1887. Chambers’s Journal, 14th May, 310. Mods cannot be attempted until the end of one year from matriculation, and need not be tackled until the expiration of two.
Monarch, subs. (Eton).—The ten-oared boat.
Money and Direction Rolls, intj. (Winchester).—See Peals.
Monitor, subs. 1. (Stonyhurst).—One of the chief members of the Higher Line Sodality (q.v.), responsible for the behaviour of the other boys in Church and Chapel.
2. (general).—A senior scholar entrusted with the supervision of school work and pastimes. See Præfect.