Moke, mōk, n. (slang) a donkey: a stupid fellow: a variety performer on several instruments: a negro.
Molar, mō′lar, adj. grinding, as a mill: used for grinding.—n. a grinding tooth: a back tooth. [L. molaris—mola, a mill—molĕre, to grind.]
Molar, mō′lar, adj. of or pertaining to a mass: acting on or by means of whole masses. [L. moles, a mass.]
Molasses, mo-las′ez, n.sing. a kind of syrup that drains from sugar during the process of manufacture: treacle. [Port. melaço (Fr. mélasse)—L. mell-aceus, honey-like—mel, mellis, honey.]
Mold. See Mould.
Mole, mōl, n. a permanent dark-brown mark on the human skin, often hairy—a pigmentary Nævus (q.v.). [A.S. mál; Ger. maal, L. mac-ula.]
Mole, mōl, n. a small animal, with very small eyes and soft fur, which burrows in the ground and casts up little heaps of mould.—v.t. to burrow or form holes in.—ns. Mole′cast; Mole′-catch′er, one whose business it is to catch moles; Mole′-crick′et, a burrowing insect like a cricket, with forelegs like those of a mole.—adj. Mole′-eyed, having eyes like those of a mole: seeing imperfectly.—ns. Mole′hill, a little hill or heap of earth cast up by a mole; Mole′rat, a rat-like animal, which burrows like a mole; Mole′skin, the skin of a mole: a superior kind of fustian, double-twilled, cropped before dyeing; Mole′-spade, a small spade used by mole-catchers; Mole′-track, the track made by a mole burrowing.—Make a mountain of a molehill, to magnify a trifling matter. [For mold-warp—A.S. molde, mould, weorpan, to warp.]
Mole, mōl, n. a breakwater: any massive building: an ancient Roman mausoleum. [Fr.,—L. moles.]
Molecule, mol′e-kūl, n. one of the minute particles of which matter is composed: the smallest mass of any substance which retains the properties of that substance.—adj. Molec′ular, belonging to, or consisting of, molecules.—n. Molecular′ity.—Molecular attraction, attraction acting on the atoms or molecules of a body, as distinguished from attraction of gravitation. [Fr.,—L. moles, a mass.]
Molendinaceous, mō-len-di-nā′shi-us, adj. like a windmill.—adj. Molen′dinary, relating to a mill. [Low L. molendinum, a mill—L. molĕre, to grind.]