Defn: The deity who assigns to every man his lot.
MOIRE
Moire, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Mohair.]
1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. Moire antique, a superior kind of thick moire.
MOIRE METALLIQUE
Moi`ré" mé`tal`lique". Etym: [F.]
Defn: A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.
MOIST Moist, a. Etym: [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.
2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.
MOIST
Moist, v. t.