moblaw

The rule of the mob; rough and ready administration of justice by the mob; lynch law. *mob-master, s. A demagogue. *mob-reader, s. An ignorant or illiterate reader. *mob-story, s. A vulgar story or tale current among the common people. mob (2), s. [Dut. mop- muts = a woman's nightcap; mop =a woman's coif.] A mob-cap (q. v.). "She could harangue with wond'rous grace, On gowns, and mobs, and caps, and lace." Lloyd: Spirit of Contradiction. mob-cap, s. A cap or headdre for women. 'The moon is charming; so perhaps Are pretty maidens in mob- caps ." Praed: County Ball. mob (1), v. t. [Мов (1), 8.] To attack in a mob; to crowd roughly round and annoy. *mob (2), v . t . [Мов (2), 8. ] To wrap up or cover in a cowl or veil; to muffle up. Mob-cap. 172 IMG:content-1300.png:[blocks in formation] "The under hydde malice and rancoure of purposinge enuie fornecast and ymagined, in dist ruction of mobil people, shewed openly."-Chaucer: Testament of Loue, bk. 1. *B. As subst.: The mob, the common people, the populace. [Мов (1), 8.] " Muf . (making up to the mobile.) Good people, nere you are met together."-Dryden: Don Sebastian , iv. 1. (1) Mobile equilibrium : [EQUILIBRIUM.] (2) Primum mobile : [PRIMUM.]