MOABITESS
Mo"ab*i`tess, n.
Defn: A female Moabite. Ruth i. 22.
MOABITE STONE
Mo"ab*ite stone. (Archæol.)
Defn: A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phonician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27).
MOABITISH
Mo"ab*i`tish, a.
Defn: Moabite. Ruth ii. 6.
MOAN
Moan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] Etym:
[AS. m to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a
different word. Cf. Mean to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson. Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; — said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
MOAN
Moan, v. t.