moccenigot

[Also moccinigo, A Puritan gentleman is her mock and nothing else. A. E. Barr, Friend Olivia, i. moccenigo, moccinigo, so called from Mocenigo , 3. Mimicry; imitation. [Rare.] a patrician family of Venice.] A small coin formerly current in Venice, worth about 18 United States cents. IMG:content-0801.jpg:[blocks in formation] Mal . Lend me the trifling ducats. Cor. Not a moccenigo. Shirley, Gentlemen of Venice, i. 1. mocha (mō'kä), n. [ Mocha (see def.).] 1. A choice quality of coffee, properly that produced in Yemen in Arabia, Mocha being its port. The mocha of general commerce, however, is obtained from other sources. The kernels are smaller than in other varieties.-2. One of certain geometrid moths, notably of the genus Ephyra , having somewhat the color of burnt coffee: as, the dingy mocha, E. orbicular i a; the birch mocha, E. pendular i a.-3. A cat of a black color intermixed with brown: so called from the Mocha stone. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] Mocha pebble. Same as Mocha stone (which see, under stone ). Mocha senna. Same as India senna (which see, under senna ). Mocha stone. See stone.