moan, mene, mone

i. & t. [A. S. mænan, from man wicked, wickedne .] A. Intransitive : 1. To utter a low, dull, and prolonged sound, under the influence of pain, grief, or sorrow; to make lamentation; to grieve, to groan. "And through the ancient oaks o'erhead Mysterious voices moaned and fled." Long fellow : Tales of a Wayside Inn. (Prel.) 2. To produce or give out a low dull sound like a IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] †1. To lament, to deplore; to moan or groan over. " Moan the expense of many a vanished sight." Shakesp.: Sonnet 30. *2. To cause to lament or grieve; to afflict, to dis tre . IMG:content-1299.png:[blocks in formation] "Thine being but a moiety of my moan." Shakesp.: Richard III., ii. 2. 3. A low, dull sound like that made by a person moaning; as, the moan of the wind. mōan-fül, *mone-fule, a . [Eng. moan ; -ful(1).] Full of moaning or grief; sorrowing, grieving. mōan-fül-ly, adv . [Eng. moanful ; -ly .] In a moanful, sad manner; with moans or lamentations. Mō-är-1-ą, s. [From Maori moa (q. v.).] Geol.: A name sometimes given to a southern continent a umed by Dr. Mantell to have been submerged, leaving as the culminating points Philip and Norfolk Islands, Chas am and Auckland 1slands, and New Zealand. Over this continent Dr. Mantell believes that the Moa roamed. ( Mantell : Petrifactions and their Teachings , p. 132.) mōat, moate, *mote, subst . [O. Fr. mote (Fr. motte ); Low Lat. mot a a mound consisting of the earth dug from a trench for water. "Just as in the case of dike and ditch , the word moat originally meant either the trench dug out or the embankment thrown up." ( Skeat .)] Fort.: A deep ditch or trench round a fort, ., generally filled with water. mōat, v. t. (Fr. motter.] To surround or protect with a moat. [MOAT, s.] "A great castle near Valladolid, Moated and high, and by fair woodlands hid." Long fellow: Theologian's Tale. *mōate, v . t . [MUTE, v.] To void excrement, as birds; to mute. mōat-ěd, a. [Eng. moat; -ed.] Furnished or surrounded with a moat. "There, at the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana."- Shakesp .: Measure for Measure, iii. 1. Mō-at-ta-lite, s . [MUTAZILITE.]