modeling 
The present work is very happily grouped, and painted 
with unusual rare, though even here the untdrlliii'j in tin- 
MilrniTous lu-traiU OKensiMy those of thr I 'h:u h i linn-. 
pensioners -in painstaking rather than really linn or ex- 
pressive of the structure heneath. 
Tlu- .l.vc/. '1,111, May 25, IXS9, p. S6S. 
Modeling-tools, in //<.. the tools, inaile of wood, 
bone, or metal, used by sculptors in forming their models 
Modeling-tools. 
of clay or plaster. The ehief forms now in use are given 
in the accompanying illustration. 
modeling-board (mod'el-ing-bord), n. A board 
used in loam-molding to give shape to the mold. 
/:. //. Huh ill I. 
modeling-clay (mod'el-ing-klii), n. Fine plas- 
tic clay, specially prepared for artists' use in 
modeling by kneading with glycerin, or by other 
methods. 
modeling-loft (mod'el-ing-loft), . Same as 
mold-loft. 
modeling-plane (mod'el-ing-plan), M. In carp., 
a short plane used for planing on rounded sur- 
faces. It is from 1 to 5 inches long, and from 
J inch to 2 inches wide. E. H. Kniyht. 
modeling-stand (mod 'el -ing- stand), n. In 
sculp., a small wooden table with a round mov- 
able top, at a convenient height, used for sup- 
porting a mass of clay while the sculptor is at 
work upon it. The stand, which is usually mounted 
on three legs, has a Hat piece of wood set horizontally be- 
tween the legs, about half way down, on which modeling- 
tools, etc., may be laid. 
modelizet (mod'el-iz), v. t. [< model + -ize.'] To 
frame according to a model; give shape to; 
mold. K. Jonson. 
Which some devout bunglers will undertake to manage 
and inodelize. 
Up. Qauden, Tears ot the Church, p. 420. (Duties.) 
modeller, modelling. See modeler, modelimj. 
model-wood (mod'eT-wud), . The hard light- 
colored wood of the rubiaceous tree Adina 
(Nauclea) cordifolia. [India.] 
Modenese (mo-de-nes' or-uez'),.and. [<It. 
Modenese, < Modena, Modena.] I. a. Of or be- 
longing to Modeua. 
II. it. sing, or pi. A native or an inhabitant of 
the city or province or former duchy of Modena 
in northern Italy; people of Modena. 
moder 1 !, A Middle English form of mother^. 
moder-t, <' t. [< OP. moderer. F. moderer = Sp. 
Pg. mocurar = It. moderare, <. L. moderare, reg- 
ulate : see moderate.] To moderate ; regulate, 
especially the temper or disposition; calm; 
quiet. 
Gladly the two dukes of Berrey and Borgoune wolde 
haue iiwdered that voiage, but they might nat be herde. 
Bcrnert, tr. of Froissart's Chron., II. clxxxvii. 
These tydynges somewhat modered dyuers mcnnes hartes, 
so that they were nere at the poynte to haue broken their 
voyage. Bernem, tr. of Froissart's Chron., III. clxxxvii. 
moderablet, [< L. moderabllis, moderate, < 
moderare, moderate: see tnoderate, .] Tem- 
perate; moderate. Cockcniin. 
Moderado (mod-e-rii'do), H. [< Sp. moderado, 
moderate.] In mod. A/KI MIX/I liist., a member of 
a political party of conservative tendencies. 
moderancet, [ME., < OF. /< rune/; = It. 
i>i:>ilcran;tt,<. ML. mixlcraiitia, moderation, < L. 
ni/>ilcran(t-)s, ppr. of moderare, moderate: see 
uioitfntli; c.] Moderation. Caxton. 
moderantism (mod'e-ran-tizm), . [< F. mode- 
rantisme, < moderant, ppr. of moderer, regulate: 
see moderate.'] The practice or profession of 
moderation, especially in political opinion or 
measures: a term used in France during and 
since the first revolution with reference to the 
class of persons called moderates in a political 
sense. 
In Paris Robespierre determined to increase the pres- 
sure of the Terror ; no one should accuse him of mtxtrran- 
tifin. Enctic. Bnt., XX. 604. 
moderate (mod'e-rat), c. ; pret. and pp. modri-- 
atcd, ppr. Hiodi'1'iitiinj. [< L. niodfratux, pp. of 
moderare (> ult. E. iitoder 2 ), regulate, restrain, 
240 
3813 
moderate, < modrr-, modes-, a stem appearing 
also in iiiniiiniiiH, moderate, discreet, modest, < 
iiniiliix. measure: se modr 1 HIK! mudcxt.] I. 
trim*. 1. To reduce the amount or intensity of; 
lessen; reduce; restrain; specifically, to re- 
duce from a large amount or great degree to a 
medium quantity or intensity: as, to moderate 
the heat of a room; to moderate one's anger, 
ardor, or passions. 
I had rather 
Your art could force him to return that ardour 
To me I bear to him, or give me power 
To moderate my passions. 
Fletcher (and another T), Propheteu, II. 1. 
Fear, . . . if it have not the light of true understand- 
ing concerning God wherewith to be moderated, breedeth 
likewise superstition. Hooker, Ecclea. 1'ollty, v. S. 
We saw sand cast upon the earth to moderate the fer- 
tility. Sandy*, Travailes, p. 98. 
Though Love moderated be the best of Affections, yet 
the Extremity of it Is the worst of Passions. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 114. 
2. To decide as a moderator; judge. [Rare.] 
It pasaeth mine ability to moderate the question. 
R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. 
If any of them grudge this book a room, and suspect it 
of new or dangerous doctrine, you who know us all can 
best moderate. Donne, Letters, hi. 
= Syn. 1. To mitigate, abate, appease, pacify, quiet, as- 
suage, soothe, soften. 
II. intranx. 1. To become less violent, se- 
vere, rigorous, or intense : as, the storm begins 
to moderate. 
Mine herte for thee is disconsolate. 
My paines also nothing me moderate. 
Lamentation of Mary Magdalen, 1. 516. 
When his profit moderated, 
The fury of his heart abated. 
5. Butler, Hudibras, III. II. 463. 
2. To preside as a moderator, as at a meetinp. 
To moderate In a call, in Presbyterian churches, to 
preside at a congregational meeting at which a call is 
addressed to a minister a duty performed by a minister 
of the presbytery to which the congregation belongs. 
moderate (mod'e-rat), a. and n. [< L. mode- 
ratus (> It. moderato = Sp. Pg. moderado = F. 
modere"), pp. of moderare, regulate : see moder- 
ate, i'.] i. a. 1. Restrained; temperate; keep- 
ing within somewhat restricted limits in action 
or opinion ; avoiding extremes or excess ; think- 
ing or acting soberly or temperately : as, to be 
moderate in all things; a moderate drinker. 
They were moderate Divines ; indeed, neither hot nor 
cold. Milton, Reformation In Eng., i. 
The moderate sort of men thus qualltted. 
Inclined the balance to the better side. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achlt., 1. 75. 
2. Thinking, speaking, or acting with habitual 
slowness; very deliberate. [Colloq.] 3. Of 
things, limited in extent, amount, or degree; 
not extreme, excessive, or remarkable; re- 
stricted; medium: as, moderate wealth or pov- 
erty; a moderate quantity; moderate opinions 
or ability; moderate weather or exercise. 
There is not so much left to furnish out 
A moderate table. Shale., T. of A., HL 4. 117. 
His [James II. 's] pretensions were moderate when com- 
pared with those which he put forth a few months later. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vl. 
The play had a moderate success, being acted but seven 
times. A. Dobson, Selections from Steele, Int., p. xx. 
= Syn. 1. Moderate, Temperate, reasonable, judicious, mild. 
When used absolutely, tnoderate nearly always refers to a 
person's temper or opinions, whereas temperate similarly 
used generally refers to a person's habits in respect to 
bodily indulgence: a moderate man is one who is not ex- 
treme in his views or violent in his sentiments; a tem- 
perate man. one who is not addicted to over-indulgence 
either in eating or In drinking. 
II. 'i. One who is moderate in opinion or ac- 
tion ; one who is opposed to extreme views or 
courses, especially in politics or religion, (a) 
One of a political party In Spain : same as Moderado. (6) 
In French hut., in the revolutionary period, one of various 
parties or factions falling short of the violence of the 
Jacobins, as the Olrondins, Dantonists, etc. (e) leap.] In 
Scottish ecdet. hut., one of a party in the national church, 
originating early in the eighteenth century, which, while 
less strict in doctrine, discipline, and practice than the 
rival evangelical party, insisted particularly on the main- 
tenance of lay patronage, and opposed the claims of pa- 
rishioners to hare a voice in the choice of their ministers. 
It was the struggle against Moderatlsm that led to the 
Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church 
of Scotland. 
moderately (inod'e-rat-li), adr. In a moderate 
manner, or to a moderate degree, amount, or 
extent; not excessively: as, water moderately 
warm. 
Therefore love moderately ; long love doth so. 
Sha*:, R. and J., it 6. 14. 
moderateness (mod'e-rat-nes), M. The state 
or character of being moderate ; temperateness; 
moderator 
a middle state between extremes: as, the m:l 
eratenegf of the heat : used commonly of things, 
as mint' i ii lion is of persons, 
moderation (mod-o-ra'shon), n. [< OF. mode- 
ration, F. mdi : iatn>ii = Sp. moderation = Pg. 
modera^So = It. <, < L. moderatio(n-), 
moderating, < moderare, pp. moderatus, moder- 
ate: see moderate, v.] 1. The act of moderat- 
ing or restraining; the process of tempering, 
lessening, or mitigating. 
And what Is all virtue but a moderation of excesses? 
South, Sermons, VL 1. 
2. The state or quality of being moderate or 
keeping a due mean between opposite ex- 
tremes; freedom from excess; temperance; 
due restraint. 
" Moderation Is a good mean, though men desire a (Treat 
deal." " Mesure Is a mery mcne" was a proverb, and U 
quoted by skelton in his "Magnificence." 1. S88. 
Richard the liedelem. Note*, p. 283. 
Let your moderation be known onto all men. 
Phil. Ir. 5. 
rand. Be moderate, be moderate. 
Cre*. Why tell you roe of moderation t 
Shak.,T. andC., Iv. 4. 2. 
The winds, that never moderation knew, 
Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew. 
Dryden, Astnea Redux, 1. 242. 
3. Habitual slowness of thought, speech, or ac- 
tion; great deliberation. [Colloq.] 4. The 
act of presiding over, regulating, or directing as 
a moderator. 5. pi. In the University of Ox- 
ford, England, the first public examination for 
degrees. 
The Introduction of English Literature as a special sub- 
ject, either In Moderation* or in the Final .Schools. 
Quarterly Rn., CXXVI1. 257. 
I believe that a man who has taken a good (lass In 
Moderations would, so far as mental training Is concern- 
ed, do wisely in taking up a fresh subject, especially Mod- 
ern History. Stubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 36. 
= 8yn. 2. Forbearance, equanimity, sobriety, self-re- 
straint, mildness, composure, calmness, 
moderatism (mod'e-ra-tizm), n. [< moderate, 
a., + -wm.] 1. Tfie state or character of be- 
ing moderate, in any sense. Specifically 2. 
[cap.] The attitude and practice of the Mod- 
erates in the Church of Scotland. See moder- 
ate, n. (c). 
The following year (1785) Wesley ordained ministers 
for Scotland. There bis societies were quite outside of 
the established Presbyterian ism of the day, with its luke- 
warm nwdrratunn. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 187. 
An idealising and illusive fervour which arose In an- 
tagonism to the moderatinn, or somnolence In religious 
matters, which had long been prevalent. 
Edinburgh Rev., CLXI V. 4. 
moderatist (mod'e-ra-tist), n, [< moderate, a., 
+ -igt.~\ One who is characterized by or pro- 
fesses moderatism ; a moderate. 
moderato (mod-e-ra'to), adv. [It.: see moder- 
ate, a.] In music, at a moderate pace or tempo ; 
when combined with other terms, moderately: 
as, allegro moderato, moderately fast. Abbre- 
viated mod. 
moderator (mod'e-ra-tor), n. [= F. modera- 
teur = Sp. Pg. moderador = It. moderatore, < 
L. moderator, one who regulates or governs, 
< moderare, regulate : see moderate, r.] 1. One 
who or that wnich moderates, restrains, or re- 
presses. 
As by the former figure we vse to enforce our sence, so 
by another we temper our sence with wordes of such mod- 
eration as in appearaunce it abateth it but not in deede, and 
is by the figure Liptote, which therefore I call the Moder- 
ator. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 153. 
Angling was, after tedious study, a calmer of unquiet 
thoughts, a moderator of passions, and procurer of con- 
tentedness. /. Walton, Complete Angler. 
2. In microscopy, a device used to diminish the 
intensity or vary the character of the light 
which illuminates the object : it consists com- 
monly of a screen of opal glass, ground glass, 
or glass of a pale-blue or neutral tint. 3t. An 
umpire ; a judge. 
Sol Is appointed moderator In this oar controversie. 
Greene, Planetomachla. 
The magistrates declared to them (when they refused 
to forbear speech unseasonably, though the moderator* de- 
sired them) that, if tiny would not forbear, it would prove 
a civil disturbance. H'inthrop, Hist Sew England, I. 285. 
4. The person who presides at a meeting or dis- 
putation : now used chiefly in churches of the 
Presbyterian and Congregational order (as, the 
moderator of a presbytery or of the General As- 
sembly), and in town-meetings in the United 
States. 6. In the universities of Cambridge 
and Oxford, one of the public officers appointed 
to superintend the examinations for honors 
and degrees : so called because they formerly 
had to moderate or preside in the exercises of 
