mood 
2. Temper of mind ; state of the mind as re- 
gards passion or feeling; disposition; humor: 
as, a melancholy mood, 
When Fortune, in her shift and change of mood, 
Spurns down her late beloved. Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 85. 
Every landscape fair, 
As fit for every mood of mind, 
Or gay, or grave, or sweet, or stern, was there. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
By mental moods is ordinarily understood those collec- 
tive conditions of the mind which are characterized by 
some fundamental tone, but without any special feelings 
accompanied by clear consciousness of their inducing 
causes. <?. T. Ladd, Physiol. Psychology, p. 520. 
3f. Heat of temper; anger. 
Atte laste aslaked was his mood. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 902. 
"Who, in my mood, I stabb'd unto the heart. 
Shak., T. G. of V., iv. 1. 61. 
4f. Zeal: in the phrase with main and mood, 
with might and main; with a will. 
Saint Elyne than was wunder fayne . . . 
That ilk figure of the rode 
Honured thai with mayn and mode. 
Holy Hood (E. E. T. S.), p. 88. 
5. A morbid or fantastic state of mind, as a fit 
of bad temper, sudden anger, or sullenness; 
also, absence of mind, or abstraction : gen- 
erally used in the plural. 
Then turn'd Sir Torre, and, being in his moods, 
Left them. Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
6. A state of mind with reference to something 
to be done or omitted ; a more or less capricious 
state of feeling disposing one to action : com- 
monly in the phrase in the mood : as, many art- 
ists work only when they are in the mood. 
It should be remembered that the motive power always 
becomes sluggish in men who too easily admit the su- 
premacy of moods. Lowell, New Princeton Kev., I. 167. 
mood 2 (mod), n. [A later form of model, which 
is preferable in both the grammatical and logi- 
cal uses, though not usual in the latter: see 
mode 1 .'] 1. In gram., same as mode 1 , 3. 
The mood is an affection of the verb serving the varietie 
of utterance. A. Hume, Orthographie (E. E. T. S.), p. SO. 
2. In logic, a variety of syllogism depending on 
the quantity (universal or particular) and qual- 
ity (affirmative or negative) of the propositions 
composing it. In the traditional logic the names of 
the moods (invented by Petrus Hispanus) are First fig- 
ure, Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio, Baralipton, Celantes, 
Dabltis, Fapesmo, Fris&somorum ; Second figure, Cesare, 
Camestres, FestinS, Baroc6 ; Third figure, Darapti, Felap- 
ton, DIsamis, Datisi, BocardO, Ferison. These names are 
merely mnemonic, and many of their letters are signifi- 
cant. The vowel a denotes a universal affirmative propo- 
sition, e the universal negative, t the particular affirma- 
tive, and o the particular negative. By the first syllable 
is indicated the major premise, by the second the minor, 
and by the third the conclusion. For example, the name 
Barbara shows that the first mood of the first figure con- 
sists of two universal affirmative premises leading to a 
universal affirmative conclusion. The same understand- 
ing is to be had in regard to the vowels of the other words. 
Certain of the consonants also are significant. Thus, all 
indirect moods designated by a word beginning with !> 
should be reduced to Barbara, the first mood of the first 
figure ; all that are designated by a word beginning 
with c, to the second mood, Celarent ; all in d to Darii, 
the third ; and all in / to Ferio, the fourth. Other letters 
indicate how to reduce indirect to direct moods: thus 
signifies that the proposition denoted by the vowel im- 
mediately preceding is to be simply converted in the re- 
duction ; p, that the proposition denoted by the vowel im- 
mediately preceding should be converted per accidens ; 
m, that the premises should be transposed that is, the 
major should be made the minor, and conversely ; and c 
that the mood designated by the word in which it occurs 
should be reduced per impossibile : whence the verses : 
Simpliciter vult s verti, p vero per acci ; 
M vult transponi, c per impossibile duel. 
Servat majorem, variatque secunda minorem ; 
Tertia majorem variat, serratque minorem. 
A moode is a lawful placing of propositions in their dewe 
qualitie or quantitie. Sic T. Wilion, Art of Logic, f oL 26. 
3. In music, same as model, 7. 
Anon they move 
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 
Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised 
To highth of noblest temper heroes old 
Arming to battel. Milton, P. L., i. 560. 
Indirect or inverse mood, a mood of indirect syllogism. 
See indirect. 
mood 3 (mod), n. [A var. of mud, or of mother 2 .'] 
Mother-of- vinegar. [Prov. Eng.] 
moodily (mo'di-li), adv. In a moody manner; 
peevishly; sullenly; sadly. 
moodiness (mo'di-nes), n. The state or charac- 
ter of being moody; peevishness; sullenness. 
nioodir, n. See mudir. 
moodish (mo'dish), a. [< mood 1 + -ish l .~\ 
Sulky; sullen. 
moodishly (mo'dish-li), adv. In a moody, 
sulky, or sullen manner; moodily. Richard- 
son, Sir Charles Grandison, I. 166.' 
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mopdooga-Oil (mo-do" ga-oil), n. An oil ob- 
tained in small quantities from the seeds of 
Butva frondosa in India and Java. It is bright, 
clear, and fluid, and is used medicinally. 
moody (mo'di), a. [< ME. moody, mody, modi, 
< AS. modig (= OS. modag, modeg, mddig = D. 
moedig = OHG. muotiy (only in comp.), MHG. 
muotic, G. muttg = Icel. modhugr = Sw. Dan. 
modig = Goth, modags), angry, < mod, mood, 
temper: see mood 1 .] If. Spirited; high-spir- 
ited; proud; obstinate. 
Hof on ich herde saie, 
Ful modi mon and proud. 
MS. Diguy 80, f. 165. (Halliwdl.) 
2f. Angry. 
When, like a lion thirsting bloud, 
Did moody Richard range 
And made large slaughters where he went. 
Warner, Albion's England, vii. 33. 
3. Subject to or indulging in moods or humors ; 
hence, peevish ; fretful; out of humor; gloomy; 
sullen; melancholy. 
Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth ensue 
But moody and dull melancholy? 
SAo*., C. of E., v. 1. 79. 
In a moody humour wait, 
While my less dainty comrades bait. 
Coteper, tr. of Horace's Satires, i. 5. 
Moody madness laughing wild 
Amid severest woe. 
Gray, Ode on Prospect of Eton College. 
4t. Corresponding or adapted to moods or vary- 
ing states of mind. [Rare.] 
Give me some music music, moody food 
Of us that trade in love. Shak., A. and C., ii. 5. 1. 
moody-hearted (m6'di-har"ted), a. Melan- 
choly. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
moody-madt (mo'di-mad), a. Mad with anger. 
Moody-mad and desperate stags 
Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel. 
5Ao*., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 50. 
mool (mol), n. A dialectal variant of moldl. 
By worms they're eaten, in mools they're rotten. 
Clerk Sounders (Child's Ballads), II. 324. 
Or worthy friends rak'd in the mools, 
Sad sight to see ! Burns, To the Toothache. 
moolah, moollah (mo'la), n. Same as molla. 
moolberyt, n. A Middle English form of mul- 
berry. 
MooUd (mo 'lid), n. [< Ar. maulid, nativity, 
esp. the nativity of Mohammed.] An Egyp- 
tian festival in celebration of the birth of Mo- 
hammed and the dawn of Islamism; a birthday. 
I have now a cluster of lamps hanging before my door, 
in honour of the moo'lid of a sheykh who is buried near 
the house in which I am living. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 307. 
mooly, mooley (mul'i), . and . See muley. 
moon 1 (m8n), n. [< ME. moone, mone, < AS. 
mona = OS. mono = OFries. mona = MD. 
maene, D. maan = MLG. mane, man, LG. maan 
= OHG. mdno, MHG. mane, mon, also (with ex- 
crescent t, due prob. in part to association with 
mdnet, month) mdnte, mdnde, G. motid = Icel. 
mani = Sw. mane = Dan. maane = Goth, mena 
(all masc.), the moon; = Gr. /tinty, the moon, 
= Lith. menil, the moon; cf., with appar. for- 
mative s, OBulg. miesetsi, etc., moon, month, L. 
mensis, month, Gr. fiijv (for *//tf"f)> month (b/lijv, 
the Moon-god, L. Lunus, M.rjvrj, the Moon-god- 
dess, L. Luna), Skt. mas (for "mans, *mens) = 
Zend mas, > Pers. mdh (> Hind. Turk, mah), 
moon, month. The relations of these forms 
to each other, and to the words for 'month' 
(see month), and their ult. root, are undeter- 
mined. The usual explanation is that the 
moon is the 'measurer' (sc. of time), < / ma > 
Skt. md, measure (whence ult. E. mete 1 and 
measure). The L. name of the moon (lima) 
and the L., Gr., and Teut. names for the sun 
(L. sol = AS. sol, etc.; Gr. 7/Uof; AS. sunne, 
E. gun, etc.) come from other roots, meaning 
' shine.'] 1. A heavenly body which revolves 
around the earth monthly, accompanying the 
earth as a satellite in its annual revolution, 
and shining by the sun's reflected light. Next to 
the sun, the moon is the most conspicuous and interesting 
of celestial objects. The rapidity of its motion, the vari- 
ety of its phases, and especially the striking phenomena 
of eclipses, compelled the attention of the earliest observ- 
ers ; and the fact that lunar observations can be made 
available to determine the longitude has given the theory 
of the moon's motion the first rank in economic impor- 
tance, while the mathematical problems involved have 
proved most interesting and fertile from the scientific 
point of view. Of all the heavenly bodies (meteors ex- 
cepted) the moon is nearest to us. Its mean distance 
is a little more than sixty times the radius of the earth, 
or 238,800 miles. The dimensions of the moon as com- 
pared with those of the earth are far greater than those 
of any other satellite in proportion to its primary. Its 
moon 
diameter is 2,162 miles (about 0.273 of the earth's equa- 
torial diameter), and its volume, or bulk, is 0.0204, or about 
one forty-ninth of that of the earth. Its mean density, 
however (about 3.4 times that of water), is only about 
three fifths of that of the earth, and its mass about one 
eightieth. The inclination of its orbit to the ecliptic is 
5 8' 40". It completes its revolution around the earth in 
an average period of 27d. 7h. 43m. 11.5s. , which constitutes 
the sidereal month; the ordinary, or synodical, mouth, from 
new moon to new moon again, is a little more than two 
dayslonger 29d.l2h. 44m. 2.7s. (See month.) The moon's 
orbital motion is subject to considerable inequalities, due 
to the disturbing action of the sun, and the investigation 
of these inequalities makes up the major part of the "lu- 
nar theory." The moon 
revolves on its axis once 
in a sidereal month, thus 
always presenting nearly 
the same face to the earth 
a circumstance which 
has led to the fallacy of a 
denial of its rotation. (See 
rotation.) Its disk appears 
to the naked eye diversi- 
fied by dark and bright 
patches, giving rise to the 
" man in the moon " of 
popular fancy (see under 
man); but on examination 
with a powerful telescope 
these are lost sight of 
and replaced by a crowd 
of interesting objects, 
such as mountains and 
valleys, craters and clefts, on a scale unknown upon the 
earth : the surface-structure seems to be mainly volcanic, 
resembling very closely in certain respects, and differing 
most markedly in others from, that which is characteristic 
of volcanic regions on the earth's surface. The moon has 
no clouds, shows no indications of an atmosphere or of 
the presence of water, and is believed to have a tempera- 
ture which at its maximum does not rise above the melt- 
ing-point of ice. See libration. 
To graffe and sowe in growing of the moone, 
And kytte and mowe in wanyng is to doon. 
PaUadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 30. 
What time the mighty moon was gathering light. 
Tennyson, Love and Death. 
2. A satellite of any planet: as, the moons of 
Jupiter; Uranian moons. 3. The period of a 
synodical revolution of the moon round the 
earth ; a month. 
This mone, in sunny daies and serene 
Withouten frost, thi comes, weede hem clene. 
PaUadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. 46. 
One twelve moons more she'll wear Diana's livery. 
Shak., Pericles, ii. 5. 10. 
This roaring moon of daffodil 
And crocus. 
Tennyson, Pref. Sonnet to Nineteenth Century. 
4. Something in the shape of a moon, espe- 
cially of a half-moon or crescent. Specifically 
(a) A crescent as a symbol or banner; especially, the 
Turkish national emblem. (6) In fort., a crescent-shaped 
outwork. 
Much means, much blood this warlike Dane hath spent 
To advance our flag above their horned moons. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, i. 3. 
(c) In brickmakinff, an implement of the nature of a slice- 
bar, for slicing or loosening fires in the grates of brick- 
kilns. It is somewhat longer than half the width of the 
kiln, and has a nearly circular blade perforated in the 
middle, which is shoved in on the top of the grate and un- 
der the flre, to clear out ashes and brighten up the flre. 
5. The golden-crested wren, Itegulus cristatux. 
Also moonie, muin. C. Swainson. See cut under 
goldcrest. 6. The moon-daisy or moon-flower. 
Also moons Acceleration of the moon. See accel- 
eration Age of the moon. See age. Beyond the 
moon, beyond reach ; extravagantly ; out of depth. 
Whither art thou rapt, 
Beyond the moon that strives! thus to strain? 
Drayton, Eclogues, v. 
Blue moon, an absurdity; an impossibility. 
Yf they saye the mone is beleive, 
We must beleve that it is true, 
Admittynge their interpretacion. 
Roy and Barlow, Bede me and Be nott Wroth, p. 114. 
[(Dames.) 
Change of the moon. See change. Coition of the 
moon. See coition. Dark moon. Same as dark of 
the moon. Dark of the moon, the time in the month 
when the moon is not seen. Ecclesiastical or calen- 
dar moon. See ecclesiastical. Full moon. See /H1. 
Libration of the moon. See libration. Man in 
the moon. See man. Mean moon. See means. Mi- 
chaelmas moon. See Michaelmas. Mock moon. See 
paraselene. Moon hoax See hoax. Moon in dis- 
tance, a nautical phrase used when the angle between the 
moon and the sun or a star admits of measurement for 
lunar observation. Mount Of the moon, in palmistry. 
See mount, 5. The old moon in the new moon's arms, 
that appearance of the moon during the first quarter in 
which the whole orb is made faintly visible by earth-shine. 
I saw the new moon late yestreen 
Wi' the avid moon in her arm. 
Sir Patrick Spens (Child's Ballads), III. 154. 
To bark at the moon. See barki. TO level at the 
moon, to cast beyond the moon, to be very ambitious ; 
calculate deeply; make an extravagant conjecture. See 
also under cast. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
noon 1 (mon), v. t. [< moon 1 , .] I. trans. 1. 
To adorn with a moon or moons ; furnish with 
crescents or moon-shaped marks. 2. To ex- 
