moccasin 
Water-moccasin {Ancistrodon piscnforus). 
moccasined (mok'a-sind or -snd), a. [< moc- 
casin 1 + -erf 2 .] Wearing or covered with moc- 
casins. 
Our moccasined feet made no noise. 
T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 333. 
moccasin-flower (mok'a-sin-flou"er), n. See 
Cypripedium, Indian-shoe, and lady's-slipper. 
moccasin-plant (mok'a-sin-plant), n. Same 
as moccasin-flower. 
moccasin-snake (mok'a-sin-snak), . [See 
moccasin 2 .] Same as moccasin^. 
moccenigot, n. [Also moccinigo, (. It. mocenigo, 
moccenigo, moccinigo, so called from Moceiiigo, 
a patrician family of Venice.] A small coin 
formerly current in Venice, worth about 18 
United States cents. 
You shall not give me six crowns . . . nor half a ducat ; 
no, nor a moccinigo. B. Jonson, Volpone, ii. 1. 
Mai. Lend me the trifling ducats. . , . 
Cor. Not a moccenigo. Shirley, Gentlemen of Venice, i. 1. 
mocha (mo'ka), M. [< Mocha (see def.).] 1. A 
choice quality of coffee, properly that produced 
in Yemen in Arabia, Mocha being its port. The 
mocha of general commerce, however, is ob- 
tained from other sources. The kernels are 
smaller than in other varieties. 2. One of 
certain geometrid moths, notably of the genus 
Ejthyra, having somewhat the color of burnt 
coffee : as, the dingy mocha, E. orbicularia ; the 
birch mocha, E. pendularia. 3. A cat of a 
black color intermixed with brown: so called 
from the Mocha stone. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Mocha pebble. Same as Mocha stone (which 
see, under stone). 
Mocha senna. Same as India senna (which see, 
under senna). 
Mocha stone. See stone. 
mocheH, a. and adv. A Middle English form of 
much. 
mpche 2 (mosh), n. [F.] A package of spun 
silk: a French word used in English for the 
unbroken parcels of silk received from the 
continent of Europe. 
mochelt, a. and n. A Middle English form of 
mickle. 
mochras, mochurrus (mo'kras, mo'kur-us), n. 
[Hind. mochnts.] An astringent gummy exuda- 
tion from a kind of cotton-tree, Bombax Mala- 
baricum (B. heptaphyllum, L.), in India: used 
medicinally by the natives. 
mock 1 (mok), . [< ME. mokkcn, < OF. mocquer, 
moqtter, F. moquer = Pr. mochar = It. moccare, 
mock; cf. MD. mocken, mumble, = MLG. G. 
muckeii, mumble, grumble, = Sw. mucka = Dan. 
mukke, mumble ; cf . W. mocio, Gael, mag, mock, 
deride; L. maccus, a buffoon; Gr. fioKOf, mock- 
ery, mock, mimic, ridicule. The relations of 
these forms are undetermined; the word is 
supposed to be ult. imitative.] I. trans. 1. 
To treat derisively or contemptuously; make 
sport of by mimicry, ridicule, or sarcasm ; de- 
ride. 
They utterly despise and mock sooth-sayings, and divi- 
nations of things to come by the flight and voices of 
birds, and all other divination of vain superstition. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 11. 
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Ki. xviii. 27. 
She mocks all her wooers out of suit. 
Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. 364. 
2. To simulate, imitate, or mimic ; produce a 
semblance of. 
To see the life as lively mock'd as ever 
Still sleep mock'd death. Shalt., W. T., v. 3. 20. 
I would mock thy chaunt anew, 
But I cannot mimick it. 
Tennyson, Second Song to the Owl. 
3810 
3. To deceive by simulation or pretense ; dis- 
appoint with false expectation ; fool. 
Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judges xvi. 10. 
Mind is a light which the gods mock us with, 
To lead those false who trust it. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
4f. To set at naught; defy. 
I would . . . mock the lion when he roars for prey, 
To win thee, lady. Shak., M. of V., ii. 1. 30. 
= Syn. 1. Hiflicule, etc. (see taunt), jeer at, gibe at, take 
off, make game of. 2. Mimic, Ape, etc. See imitate. 3. 
To delude. 
II. intrans. To use ridicule or derision ; gibe 
or jeer; flout: often with at. 
Vse not to scorne and mocke as an Ape. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 110. 
The adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. 
Lam. L 7. 
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite 
The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 293. 
mock 1 (mok), n. and a. [< mock 1 , r.] I. . 
1. Derisive or contemptuous action or speech; 
also, a bringing into contempt or ridicule. 
And other-whiles with bitter mockes and mowes 
He would him scorne. Spenser, F. Q., VI. vii. 49. 
Afflict me with thy mftcks, pity me not. 
Shak., As you Like it, iii. !>. 33. 
And have a great care, Mistress Abigail, 
How you depress the spirit any more 
With your rebukes and mocks. 
Beau, and Fl., Scornful Lady, iv. 1. 
2. That which one derides or mocks. 
A Puritan gentleman is her mack and nothing else. 
A. E. Barr, Friend Olivia, i. 
3. Mimicry; imitation. [Rare.] 
Now reach a strain, my lute. 
Above her [the nightingale's] mock, or be for ever mute. 
Crashaw, Music's Duel. 
4. A trifle. [Prov. Eng.] 5. Mock turtle. 
I once had some cheap mock in an eating-house, and it 
tasted like stewed tripe with a little glue. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 218. 
To make a mock Of, to make a subject of mockery; de- 
ride or bring into contempt. 
They crucify again unto themselves the Son of God, and 
make a mock of him. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v., App. 1. 
To make mock (or mocks) at, to make light of ; make 
sport of. 
Was this the face . . . which I had so often despised, 
made mocks at, made merry with ? Lamb, Old Actors. 
II. n. 1. Feigned; counterfeit; spurious: as, 
mack heroism; mock modesty; a mock battle. 
I fear me, some be rather mock gospellers than faithful 
ploughmen. Latimer, Sermon of the Plough. 
Who with mock patience dire complaints endure, 
Which real pain and that alone can cure. 
Crabbe, Works, I. 13. 
2. Having close resemblance, as if imitative. 
Mock brawn, gold, etc. See the nouns. Mock lead, 
mock ore, popular names of blende. Mock moon. See 
paraselene. Mock pennyroyal, plane, privet. See 
the nouns. Mock sun. See parhelion. Mock turtle, 
a dish consisting of calf's head stewed or baked, and so 
dressed with sauces and condiments as to resemble turtle. 
mock a (mok), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. A root 
or stump. Halliioell. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A tuft 
of sedge. Halliwell. [Prov. Bug.] 
raockable (mok'a-bl), a. [< mock 1 + -able.] 
Capable of being mocked ; exposed to derision. 
[Rare.] 
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridicu- 
lous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most 
mockable at the court. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 49. 
mockadot, mockadoet, n. See moccado. 
mockadourt, n. A variant of muckender. 
mockaget (mok'aj), >?. [< mock 1 + -age.] Mock- 
ery. 
Thus speaketh the Prophete by an ironye that is, in de- 
rision, or mockage. Bible of 1551, 2 Chron. xviii., note. 
I wonder at the young men of our days, 
That they can doat on pleasure, or what 'tis 
They give that title to, unless in tnockage. 
Middhton. More Dissemblers Besides Women, i. 2. 
mock-apple (mok'ap"l), n. The wild balsam- 
apple. See Echinoci/stis and balsam-apple. 
mockardt, . [ME. mokarde, < OF. mocquart, 
moquart, a mocker, deceiver, < mocquer, mock: 
see mock 1 , r.] A mocker ; deceiver. 
Avaryce, ryche and harde, 
Ys a thefe, a moterad [read mokarde]. 
MS. Barl. 1701, f. 41. (HattiweU.) 
mockawt, . An obsolete form of macaw. 
mock-beggart (mok'beg"ar), n. [< mock 1 , v., + 
obj. beggar.'] An uncharitable or inhospitable 
person : as, mock-beggar's hall. 
A gentleman without meanes is like a faire house with- 
out furniture or any inhabitant, save onely an idle house- 
keeper ; whose rearing was chargeable to the owner, and 
painfull to the builder, and all ill bestowed, to make a 
mock-beggar that hath no good morrowe for his next neigh- 
bour. Rich Cabinet furnished tnth Varietie of Excellent 
[Description (1618). (Nares.) 
mocking-bird 
mock-bird (mok'berd), M. A mocking-bird. 
The mock-bird is ever surest to please when it is most 
itself. Goldsmith, Animated Nature, III. v. 2. 
mocker (mok'er), . 1. One who or that which 
mocks, as by mimicry, derision, or deceit. 
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. Prov. xx. 1. 
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken 
before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, how that 
they told you there should be mockers in the last time. 
Jude 17, 18. 
2. A mocking-bird ; one of the Mimiiite. 
mockernut (mok'er-nut), . The white-hearted 
hickory, Carya tomcntosa. The nut is sweet and oily, 
very thick-shelled, and not flattened as in the white hickory. 
See Carya, cart/in, and hickory. 
mockery (mok'er-i), n.; pi. mockeries (-iz). [< 
ME. mokkcry, < OF. mocqwerie, F. moquerie, 
mockery, < moquer, mock: see mock 1 ."] 1. The 
act of mocking; derisive or deceitful speech 
or action. 
He never mocks, 
For mockery is the fume of little hearts. 
Tennyson, Guinevere. 
2. Derision; ridicule; careless insult or con- 
tempt; sport; jest. 
Now am I fayn, 
Thow shall not laughe atte me in mokkery, 
ffor thow hast lost thy sheld as wele as I. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2330. 
To set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly 
done the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, 
whereof they made a mockery. 2 Mac. viii. 17. 
Is not this meer mockery, to thank God for what hee can 
doe, but will not? Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxi. 
They were delivered up to be the spoil and mockery of 
nations. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 14. 
3. Counterfeit appearance; false show; sham. 
Hence, horrible shadow ! 
Unreal mockery, hence ! 
Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. 107. 
And bear about the mockery of woe 
To midnight dances. 
Pope, Elegy to the Mem. of an Unfortunate Lady, 1. 57. 
The mockery of what is called military glory. 
Sumner, Speech at Cambridge, Aug. 27, 1846. 
4. Vain effort; fruitless labor; that which dis- 
appoints or frustrates. 
It is, as the air, invulnerable. 
And our vain blows malicious mockery. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. 146. 
= Syn. 2. Mimicry, jeering, gibes. 
mocket 1 ! (mok'et), n. [Cf. moclceter.~] A nap- 
kin. Cotgrave. (Halliwell.) 
mocket 2 (mok'et), n. Same as moquette. 
mocketer (mok'et-er), n. Same as moccador. 
mock-Godt (mok'god), . [< mock 1 , v., + obj. 
God.~] One who mocks at God or divine things ; 
a blasphemer. 
You monsters, scorners. and mock-Gods. 
S. Ward, Sermons, p. 100. (Dames.) 
mock-guestt (mok'gest), n. [< mock 1 , v., + obj. 
guest.* One who seems to offer hospitality, but 
only in empty show, like the Barmecide in the 
Arabian Nights. Davies. 
Those mock-guests are guilty in tempting others to tempt 
them. Fuller, Holy State, I. i. 7. 
mock-heroic (mok'he-ro'ik), a. Counterfeiting 
or burlesquing the heroic style, character, or 
bearing: as, a mock-heroic poem; a mock-heroic 
swagger. 
mocking-bird (mok'ing-berd), n. An oscine 
passerine bird of the subfamily Miminw and 
restricted genus Mimus; a mock-bird or mocker. 
The best-known species is M. polyglottus, which abounds 
in the southerly parts of the I'nited States; it is the most 
famous songster of America, and is much prized as a cage- 
Mocking-bird ( Hi 
bird. Its proper song is of remarkable compass and va- 
riety, and besides this the bird has a wonderful range, be- 
ing able to imitate almost any voice or even mere noises. 
This vocalization is confined to the male. The bird is about 
10 inches long and 14 in extent of wings. It is ashy-gray 
above, soiled-white below ; the bill and feet are black, and 
the wing- and tail-feathers in part pure white. The extent 
of this white on the wings and tail distinguishes the sexes, 
