Moorhen

mfiOr'hen, n. ihe moor ox water Mooring, rndCr'ing, u ait of mooring that which serves to moor or confine a ship m the place or condition of a ship thus moored. Moorish, mfibr'tsh, Moory, miru adj, rcsembling a moor sterile, marshy: boggy Moorish, mfibr'ish, adj belonging to the Moors Moorland, mOOr'land, u. a tract of heath-covered and marshy land. Moose, mvTBs u. the largest deer of America, resembling the Ktiropean '-Ik (Indian.) Moot, mODt, to propose iur discu ion to discu argue for piacticc, — adjdismi ed or debated. [A.S. mo:tan —mot* an a embly, akin to me/an, to meet. bee Meet, to come face to face.] [debated. Mootabla, niotit'a-b], adj that can be mooted or Moot-case, muot'-kas, Moot-point, moot'-pomt, n. a case, point or question to be mooted or debated an unsettled question. Moot-court. moDt -kOrt, «. a meeting or court for mooting or arguing supposed cases. Mop, mop, n an instrument for washing floors, made of cloth, . fastened to a handle — to rub or wipe with a mop \—prp. tnopp'ing pa and //*./. mopped', (hither Celt as in m-p, mofa, a mop; or through Fr ntappo, fiom tnajpa, a napkin, from which also Map ami Napkin.] Mope, mOp, to be silent and dispirited to be dull or stupid.—adv. Mop'ingly Dut motpen, to pout, sulk.] (ishne . Mopish, mop'ish, adj dull, spiritle .— *. Mop'-