molecule 
\\ , have, I believe, what we mav almost call a new . hem 
Istry, Home day to I,- r< \, .,1, d l.i ll. by mean.- "I photo- 
irrai'hic records of tile behaviour of uuileculet. 
./ .V Lockytr, sped. Anal., p. 109. 
Hence 2. A vi-r.\ small particle or bit of 
sonietliing; a particle; an atom. [Colloq.] 
3. \iiiiriii /Ii., the tread or cicatriciila of a IV.-un- 
dated ovum. [K'ai-e. | Constituent molecule, a 
nuileeiile wbi. I, i< united with others unlike itaelf, as some 
of the ingredient^ of a netwoMMMU liudy. Integrant 
molecule s ,-.- intfifmit.-- Organic molecules, bodies 
capable of neither generation nor comiption. which were 
BllppoHedhy Illllt'oll t" account t< tlie pi , .pcrtics of living 
mole-eyedOn'oi'id)', </. 1. Having very small 
eyes, like a mole's; having imperfect sight; 
purblind. 
But this mule-eyed, dragon-tailed abomination (a croco- 
dile] . . . waintterh loathsome. 
G. W. Curtis, Nile Notes of a Ilowadjl, p. 75. 
II,. nee 2. Figuratively, short-sighted ; taking 
a narrow view of things: as, mn/i-i i/i'il parsi- 
mole-heapt, Same as mole-hill. Minslicu. 
mole-hill (mol'hil), n. A little hill, hillock, 
mound, or ridge of earth thrown up by moles 
in burrowing underground. When moles are work- 
ing near the surface in search of food, the hills become 
tortuous ridges which may be traced sometimes for many 
yards with little or no interruption. 
A devil of pride 
Ranges in airy thoughts to catch a star, 
Whiles ye grasp mole-hills. Ford, Fancies, i. 3. 
The glass through which an envious eye doth gaze 
< an easly make &mnle-hill mountain seem. 
P. Fletcher, Upon his Brother's Book, Christ's Victory. 
To make a mountain of (or out of) a mole-hill, to 
magnify an insignificant matter. 
mole-Hole (mol'hol), x. The burrow of a mole. 
molendinaceous (mo-len-di-na'shius), a. [< 
LL. molendiintm, a mill-house (< L. molendug, ge- 
rundive of molere, grind : see mi/U), + -aceou*.] 
Like a windmill ; resembling the sails of a wind- 
mill: applied to fruits or seeds which have 
many wings. [Rare.] 
molendinarious (mo-len-di-na'n-us), a. [<. LiLi. 
mult ii(/iii(ir/it.-< : see molendinary.] Same as 
9998 
ion in the rnited MUtes and Canada. See cut 
nnd.r lllarina. 
2. Any American mole; a shrew-mole. All tin 
\meiiean TaMda(svanSealaft,8eafainu, and ' 
lura) dittcr from tin < 'Id U orlil moles, and somewhat ap- 
proach shrews in character. The name is also applied to 
yeurotrichus yibbti, which is of -a different family (Son- 
citlce). 
moleskin < mol'skin), n. and . I. n. 1. The 
skin of a mole. 2. A kind of fustian, donble- 
t willed and extra strong, and cropped before 
dyeing. Compare bearerteeu, 2. 
"II. a. Made of or resembling moleskin: as, a 
iHfilrsl.-iH vest; a moleskin purse. 
mole-spade (mol'spad), n. A spade or spud 
used in prodding for moles, or in setting traps 
for them. 
Poore Menaphon neither asked his swaynes for his 
sheepe, nor tooke his mole-qwtc on his necke to see his 
pastures. Green*, Menaphon, p. 33. 
molest (mo-lest'). ti. t. [< ME. molesten, < OK. 
iiKilrxtri; ]'. iii(ilester = Si>.Pg.molentar = H.mo- 
lestare, < L. molestare, trouble, annoy, molest, 
"' ' ), troublesome, < moles, a burden, diffi- 
But how this cas do... ..~..-~ . . 
That may none erthly mannes tonge seyi. 
Chaucer, Trollus, IT. 880. 
My Father was afterwards most unjustly and spitefully 
molested by yt Jeering Judge Kichardson, for repreevmg 
the execution of a woman. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 3, 1633. 
The moping Owl does to the Moon complain 
molla 
by cotnaoondlng iutenipin ; . ,,<bm at least 4 
.. i - . i .' . i i' md n i.-i .ml, Hi. past rial 
surfaces of the neural anil i, ihe last complete 
(typical l> i'i ,lj ...nlsiniseveralflsliea 
of remarkable ..pp- liody ends behind 10 ab- 
ruptly that It seems as If cut off. The best-known. Mala 
rotunda, attains great slxe, sometimes weighing NDcMOO 
pounds; It Is best known b> n -/.. i'tb- ' 
species, belonging to two dirk-rent genera, are smaller 
The family Is also named OrU<i</orucuto,aud Is synonymous 
wttbUwwUmfl) tVpAoKiur. See cut under JTote. t 
Molieresque (mo-lvai--.sk' i. . l< .\llrc (e 
def.) + -esque.] I'ertiiining to or resembling 
M'llicre (Jean Baptist e I'ni|in-liii, called M..- 
liere, U'rJ'J-7:;,). the greatest comic writer of 
France, or his plays. 
Crispin and Turcaret are unquestionably HolU-reimu, 
tin, null they are perhaps more original in their following 
bun any other plays that can be named. 
Kncyc. Brit, XIV. 47S. 
molimen inm-H'men), w. [< L. ninliim-n, great 
effort, < uioliri, toil,< moles,* bunlen. iliflieulty: 
le //.".] Great effort or endeavor; specifi- 
cally, in physiol., extraordinary effort made in 
the performance of any function: as, the men- 
strual IIHllillllli. 
eff ort or endeavor. 2f. Of grave import ; mo- 
mentous. 
Prophesies of so vast and moKminoul concernment to 
the world. Dr. II. More, MysUryof Godliness, p. S81. 
moliminously (mo-lim'i-nus-li), adr. In a mo- 
limiiious or laborious and unwieldy manner. 
.1 ... [R are 1 
molendinary (mo-len'di-na-ri), a. [< LL. mo- 
lendiiianu.t, < rn'otcitdiiium, a mill-house: see 
molendinaceous.] Relating to a mill ; acting as 
a miller. [In the quotation the word is inten- 
tionally pedantic.] 
Dismount, then, O lovely Mollnara, unless thou wouldst 
rather that 1 should transport thee on horseback to the 
house of thy tnoleiidiiutry father. Scott, Monastery, xxlx. 
mole-plant (mol'plant), . Same as mole-tree. 
mole-plow (mol'plou), n. A plow having a 
pointed iron shoe secured to the end of a stan- 
dard, used in making a deep drain for water. 
mole-rat (mol'rat), . 1. A inyomorphic ro- 
dent quadruped of the family Spalacida; (which 
see for technical characters): so called from 
its resemblance to a mole in appearance and 
habits. The mole-rats are stout-bodied rodents, with 
short strong limbs (of which the fore ones are fossorial), 
short or rudimentary tail, and minute or rudimentary eyes 
molestt (mo-lest'), n. [< molest, v. Cf. molestie.'] 
Trouble. 
Thus clogg'd with love, with passions, and with grief, 
1 saw the country life had least molest. 
Qreene Song of a Country Swain, in The Mourning 
(Garment. 
molestation (mol-es- or mo-les-ta'shon), n. [= 
F. molestation, < ML. *molestatio(n-), < L. mo- 
lestare, trouble: see molest, .] 1. The act of 
molesting. 2. The state of being molested; 
annoyance ; vexatious interference. 
The knight and his companion, having reached the cas- 
tle, now passed the bridge, and entered the gate without 
Hook, tr. of Ariosto's Orlando Kurioso, xiv., note 8. 
3. In Scots law, the troubling or harassing of 
one in the possession of his lands. An action of 
molestation arises chiefly in questions j>f commonty orof 
lyfhliut. 
and ears They live under ground and burrow very ex- 
tensivflv Ml f'l"K ' the- Old World. The best-known 
species is Spalax t<u>hlu* of Europe and Asia. Others are 
Indian .ind Af rlrin. of the genera lletrnxephalus and BM- 
vnmi*. Th. l.iithyergues are mole-rats of the subfamily 
Mhwytaa, Inhabiting Africa, as the strand mole-rat, 
ISathyertjw maritimm, and species of the genera Hclto- 
pAoftlM and (jeuri/chvs. 
2. A fossorial marine rodent of the family Mtt- 
ridir :ind subfamily Xi/'/inriiia'. It resembles the 
preceding supei ftcially and in habits to some extent. These 
mole-nit.- an- confined to the patemttc reu-ion. where they 
are represented b> the L-enera Ni'/i/i/n'iin and bll/iinus. Ihe 
ZOkor, S. Onoia^tl the liest-known. 
3. The Australian duck-mole or duck-billed 
platypus. (>niilli<>r/iii>i<'/i>ix iniruilnxus. 
mole-Shrew (inol'shro), n. 1. An American 
short-tailed shrew, of the family SorMOU UM 
genii^ Illni-niii. sdiiiewhat i-eseiiibling a small 
mole. B. brecicauda is the largest and best-known spe- 
molestation arises eiiieuj ui umjonwno v .^......^...j ~. 
controverted marches or land-boundaries. = Syn. 1. ee 
molester (mo-les'ter), n. One who molests, 
disturbs, or annoys. 
Surely to every good and peaceable man It must In na- 
ture needs be a hateful thing to be the displeaser and wo- 
letter of thousands. Miltan, Church-Government, ii., Pref. 
molestful (mo-lest'ful), a. [< molest + -ful.~] 
Troublesome; annoying; harassing. 
But that [pride] which breaketh out to the disturbance 
and vexation of others is hated as molest/all and mischii 
vous. Barrow, Works, I. xxil. 
molestiet, [ME., < OF. molestie = 8p. Pg. It. 
molestia, < L. molestia, troublesomeness, trou- 
ble, < molestus, troublesome: see molest, .] 
Trouble; distress. 
In this manere he ne geteth hym nat sufflsaunce that 
power forleteth and that motet* [var. moUstie] prikketh. 
Chaucer, Boethlus, ill. prose 9. 
molestious (mo-les'chus), a. [< molestie + 
-o.s.] Troublesome; annoying. 
molett ". A Middle English form of mulleft. 
mole-track (rnol'trak), n. The track or course 
of a mole under ground. 
mole-tree (mol'tre), n. A biennial plant, caper- 
spurge (Euphorbia Lathyris), considered effica- 
cious in clearing land of moles. Its seeds have 
been used as a cathartic. Also mole-plant. 
molette (mo-lef), [OF.: see mullets.'] In 
her., same as mulleft. 
molewarp, " See moldtcarp. 
moley, n. See motif 1 . 
moleynet, . A Middle English form of mulli n. 
moli (mo'li), n. [Native name.] A small tree. 
lii-in-iriin MMfHMfta, growing in elevated re- 
gions in the Somali country, Africa. It yields a 
sort of dragon's-blood, said not to be exported, yet resei 
bling, if not identical with, that known as drop dra 
blood, attributed to Dracama Omoet of the Island of Socotra. 
A resin of acidulous flavor obtained from the tnoft tree 
(Dracwna Schizantha). Sci. Amer., N. S., IA . 8* 
Molidse (mol'i-de), w. pi. [NL., < .tfoto + -id<r.] 
A family of gvmnodont plectognath fishes, of 
the superfamily tfolotdta ; the suufishes. head- 
fishes, mole-buts. or moloiils. They have a com- 
1 -obloiiK body, longer than high, and a jxisterinr inar- 
as the family Molida?. 
moline (mo'lin), w. and n. [< LL. 
moliitus, pertaining to a mill, 
molina, a mill, < L. mola, mill- 
stone, mill: see mill 1 .'] I. w. 
The crossed iron sunk in the 
center of the upper millstone, 
for receiving the spindle fixed in 
the lower stone : a mill-rynd. 
II. a. In her., resembling a moline cross 
moline. See crowi . 
Molinia (mo-lin'i-a), n. [NL. (Schrank, 1789), 
named after J. Molina, a writer upon Chilian 
plants and animals.] A genus of grasses of 
the tribe t'tstuceic and the subtribe Eragrostta', 
characterized by an elongated narrow panicle, 
small spikelets with from two to four flowers, 
and awnless glumes, the empty ones being 
slightly smaller than the flowering ones. There 
Is but a single species, M. comilea, found throughout 
Europe, and variously named Ww or purple mrlie-yrat*, 
purple moor grass, and Indian yrass. 1 1 Is a rather coarse 
stiff perennial, often three feet high, having narrow flat 
leaves, which are chiefly radical and form large tufts. 
It is common in woods, on moors, and In wet heathy 
places, but is of little agricultural value. 
Molinism (mo'li-nizm), n. [< Molina (see def.) 
+ -ism.'] The doctrine, propounded in 1588 by 
Luis Molina, a celebrated Spanish Jesuit, that 
the efficacy of divine grace depends simply on 
the will which accepts it that grace is a 
free gift to all, but that the consent of the will 
is requisite in order that grace may be effica- 
cious. 
Molinist 1 (mo'li-nist), w. [< Molina (see Moli- 
iiism) + -ist.] One who holds the opinions of 
Molina in respect to grace, free will, and pre- 
destination. See Moliiiism. 
Molinist- (mo'li-nist), . [< Motinos (see def.) 
+ -i<.] A quietist, or follower of Miguel de 
Molinos (1627-96), who taught the direct rela- 
tionship between the soul and God. 
molitnre (mol'i-tur), n. [< ML. molifura, a 
grinding, < L. molcri; grind: see mi'Jil. Cf. mul- 
ture.'] A fee paid in kind for the use of a mill; 
multure. Danes. 
This [the Bishop of Koine's) claim of nnlTeraal power 
and authority doth bring more moKtme to their mill. 
Abp. Bramhall, Works, II. 159. 
Moll 1 (mol), H. [Also Mull, Mai (also dim. Mol- 
hj. Mullir) ; a reduced form of Mary. It occurs 
with dim. -kin in malkiu, mirA'i.] 1. A famil- 
iar form of the feminine name Mary. 2. [/. c .] 
A female companion not bound by ties of mar- 
riage, but often a life-mate: a word in common 
use among navvies, costennongers and the like. 
| Eng. 1 Moll Thompson's brand, M. T. (t e. empty) : 
applied to an empty jug. decanter, bottle, or other Tea- 
sel for liquor. (Collon. and Jocular.] . 
moll 2 (mol), a. [< L. ////*, uent. mHi; soft.) 
In music, minor: as. C moll, or C minor. 
Ua m ollah (niol'in. . [Also moolah, mool- 
//(/| j^. w|M , /fl> . <- Tlirk . j...^. ,//. mrr \ a = 
H; , ,;,- ,/,,. < Ar. mania, a dignitar>-. 
jndge, etc.. master, lit. patron.] 1. A Moham- 
