Mottle, mot′l, v.t. to mark with spots as if stained.—n. the arrangement of spots on any mottled surface, in marble, &c.—adjs. Mott′led, marked with spots of various colours or shades; Mott′le-faced.—n. Mott′ling. [Motley.]
Motto, mot′ō, n. a short sentence or phrase prefixed in anything intimating the subject of it: a phrase attached to a coat-of-arms: a paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, &c., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto—a motto-kiss:—pl. Mottoes (mot′ōz).—adj. Mott′oed. [Low L. muttum—muttīre, to mutter.]
Moucharaby, mōō-shar′a-bi, n. a balcony enclosed with lattice-work: an embattled balcony with parapet and machicolations. [Fr.]
Mouchard, mōō-shär′, n. a police spy in France. [Mouche, a fly.]
Moucher, mow′chėr, n. one who idles about, a loafer, a beggar—same as Micher.—v.i. Mouch, to skulk or sneak about; to live a vagabond life. [O. Fr. muchier (Fr. musser), to hide.]
Mouchoir, mōō-shwor′, n. a pocket-handkerchief. [Fr.]
Moufflon, mōōf′lon, n. a wild sheep in the mountains of Corsica, Greece, &c. [Fr.]
Mought, mowt (Bacon), obsolete pa.t. of may.
Mouille, mōōl-lyā′, adj. sounded in a liquid manner, as certain consonants in many French words. [Fr.]
Mould, mōld, n. dust: soil rich in decayed matter: the matter of which anything is composed: a minute fungus which grows on bodies in a damp atmosphere, so named from often growing on mould: the earth, the ground, the grave, esp. in pl. Mools (Scot.).—v.t. to cover with mould or soil: to cause to become mouldy.—v.i. to become mouldy.—n. Mould′-board, the curved plate in a plough which turns over the furrow.—v.i. Mould′er, to crumble to mould: to turn to dust: to waste away gradually.—v.t. to turn to dust.—ns. Mould′iness; Mould′warp, the mole, which casts up little heaps of mould.—adj. Mould′y, overgrown with mould. [A.S. molde; Ger. mull, Goth. mulda.]