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up the ftaircafe, which confifts of 345 fteps of black mar¬ 
ble, to the balcony, which is within thirty-two feet of 
the top. 
MGN'UMENT BA'Y, a bay of North America, on the 
eaft coaft of MalTachufetts, formed by the bending of Cape 
Cod : it is fpacious and convenient for the protefilion of 
flipping. The cape in this bay is called Monument Point. 
Lat. 41..55. N. Ion. 70. 31. W. 
MONUMENT I'SLAND, one of the New Hebrides, 
which appeared to be a rock in the form of a pyramid, in- 
accefiible to every animal but birds ; fituated to the north 
of Montague Ifland. 
MONUMENTAL, adj. Memorial; preferving memory. 
—The deftrufticn of the earth was the moft monumental 
proof that could have been given to all the fucceeding 
ages of mankind. Woodward's Nat. Hijl. 
The poliih’d pillar different fculptures grace, 
A work outlafting monumental brafs. Pope. 
Raifed in honour of the dead ; belonging to a tomb: 
Therefore if he needs mull go. 
And the fates will have it fo, 
Softly may he be poffeft 
Of his monumental reft. Crajhaw. 
MONUMENTALLY, adv. In memorial.—This de- 
fcription of his houfe is in fliort the very fame with an an¬ 
cient juftice of peace his hall ; a very dangerous armoury 
to be touched, like Paul’s fcaffolds, monumentally Hand¬ 
ing, becaufe none dare take them down. Gayton on Don 
Quixote, 1654. 
MON'USCAT, a town of Curdiftan : fifty miles weft 
of Betlis. 
MONUNU'SA, a river of Sicily, which runs into the 
fea on the fouth fide in lat. 36. 53. N. Ion. 14. 20. E. 
MON'YCHA, J'. [of the Gr. povos, fingle, and ow%, a 
hoof.] An epithet applied by naturalifts to thofe ani¬ 
mals whofe hoofs are fingle and undivided ; luch are the 
liorfe, &c. 
MON'YCHUS, a powerful giant, who could root up 
trees and hurl them like a javelin. He received his name 
from his having the feet of a horfe, as the word implies 
MONYHY'VE, a town of Scotland, in the county of 
Dumfries : fixteen miles north-north-weft of Dumfries. 
MON'ZA, a town of Italy, on the river Lambro : eight 
miles north-north-eaft of Milan. 
MONZAMBA'NO, a town of Italy, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Mincio : fourteen miles north-north-welt of 
Mantua. 
MON'ZE. See Cafe Monze, vol. iii. 
MON'ZEVILLE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Meufe: eight miles north-eaft of Clermont en 
Argonne. 
MONZIN'GEN, a town of France, in the department 
of the Rhine and Mofelle : twelve miles weft of Creutz- 
nach, and forty-two eaft of Treves. Lat. 49.48. N. Ion. 
7.32.E. 
MON'ZICGUTH, a diftrifit of Pomerania, forming a 
peninfula, in the fouth-eaft part of the illand of Rugen. 
To MOO. See To Mue. 
MOO, a town of Sweden, in Weft Gothland : twenty- 
fix miles north-north-weft of Uddevalla. 
MOO, a town of Sweden, in Weft Bothnia : thirty 
miles north-weft of Tornea. 
MOO ON'G, a fmall ifland in the Eaftern Indian Sea, 
near the weft coaft of the ifland of Naffau. Lat. 2. 58. S. 
Ion. 99.49. E. 
MOOBAD', a town of Hindooftan, in Oude: twelve 
miles weft of Lucknow. 
MOOD, or Mode, /! [mode, Fr. modus, Lat.] The form 
of an argument.— Mood is the regular determination of 
propofitions according to their quantity and quality, i. c. 
their univerfal or particular affirmation or negation. 
Watts's Logick. —Ariftotle reduced our loofe realonings 
to certain rules, and made them conclude in mode and 
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figure. Baher on Learning. —Style of mufic.—Whom art 
had never taught cliff's, moods, or notes. Ford’s Lover’s 
Melancholy. 
They move 
In perfeft phalanx, to the Dorian mood 
Of flutes, and foft recorders:' Milton's P. L. 
The change the verb undergoes in fome languages, as the 
Greek, Latin, and French, to fignify various intentions of 
the mind.—We have obferved, that all fpeech or difcourfe 
is a publilhing or exhibiting fome part of our foul, either 
certain perception, or a certain volition. Hence then, 
according as'we exhibit it either in a different part, or 
after a different manner, hence I fay the variety of modes 
or moods. Harris's Hermes. 
MOOD, f. [mod, Goth, mob, Sax. mood, Dut. and ge¬ 
nerally in ail Teut. dialefts.] Temper of mind ; ftate of 
mind as affedted by any paffion ; difpofition.—Solyman, in 
a melancholy mood, walked up and down in his tent a 
great part of the night. Knolles. 
The trembling ghofts, with fad amazed mood, 
Chattering their iron teeth, and ftaring wide 
With ftony eyes. Spenfer's Fairy Queen. 
Anger ; rage ; heat of mind.—At the laft aflakid was his 
mood. Chaucer's Knight's Tale. —That which we move for 
our better iiiftru&ion’s fake, turneth into anger and cho- 
ler in them ; yet in their moo'd they call forth fomewhat 
wherewith, under pain of greater difpleafure, we muft reft 
contented. Hoolter. 
A gentleman, 
Whom, in my mood, I ftabb’d unto the heart. 
Shakejpeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. 
MOODGUL', a town of Hindooftan, in the kingdom 
of Golchonda : fourteen marches from Hydrabad. 
MOO'DILY, adv. Sadly; penfively. 
MOO'DINESS, f. [mobigneppe, Sax.] Indignation; 
vexation.—Such was the natural hatred of the ffieep to¬ 
wards the dogs, and the implacable moodinefs which they 
conceived to be hurried up and down, that they fell into 
an inward conceit of languor and delpair; and' fo into flat 
difobedience, to abhor both their fliepherds and the dogs, 
infomuch that, when they were to be milked and fliorn, 
they hid themfelves in woods and defects. Tranfiation of 
Boccalini. 
MOODUL', a town of Hindooftan, in Vifiapour: thir¬ 
teen miles fouth-louth-weft of Galgala. 
MOO'DY, adj. Angry; out of humour.—According 
to Milton’s defeription of the firft couple, as foon as they 
had fallen, and the turbulent paffions of anger, hatred, and 
jealoufy, firft entered their bread:; Adam grew moody. 
Tatler, No. 217. 
Chide him reverently, 
When you perceive his blood inclin’d to mirth; 
But, being moody, give him line and fcope. 
Till that his paffions, like a whale on ground, 
Confound themfelves with working. Shaltefpeare's Hen. IV. 
Sad; penfive; melancholy: 
Give me fome mufic; mufic, moody food 
Of us that trade in love. Shaltefpeare's Ant. and Cleop. 
Violent; furious; raging.—The malicioufe tirauntes of 
the worlde, with their madde modye magiftrates and flaves. 
Bale on the Revel. 1550—In his moody madnefs, without 
juft proof, did he openly excommunicate him. Fox's Alls 
and Mon. of Lord Cobham. 
If we be Englifli deer, be then in blood : 
Not rafeal-like to fall down with a pinch ; 
But rather moody- mad and defperate ftags, 
Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of fteel. ShaJteJp. 
MOODYPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Bengal : 
twenty-eight miles north of Pucculoe. 
MOOGONG', a town of Hindooftan, in Goondwanah : 
fifty miles north of Nagpour. 
MOOGPOU'R, 
