Mortmain

mort'nnui, n. the transfer of property to a corporation, winch said to be a dead hand. or one that can never pait with again. [Fr. wort, dead, and warn— L. matins, the hand.] Mortuary, moit'u-ar-i, ad belungmg to the burial of the diod—n a burial-plate: a gift claimed by the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. [Low L niortuanum, from L nun nan us.) Mosaic, mo-ra'ik, Mosaic work, mfi-za'ik-wurk, a kind of woik in winch designs are formed by small pieces of coloured marble, gla , . cemented 011 a ground of stucco, or inlaid upon metal, adj. Mosa'lC, kiting to or composed of mosaic adv Mosa'ically. [Fi mosaique (It. mosatio — L. tun nruni or tuunvum opus'*, mosaic (woik)--Gr. uiouh'IOS, belonging to the Muses,.see Muse Mosaic, mG-ra'ik, adj, pertaining to Moses, the great Jewish lawgiver. Moschatel, m >s'ka-lel, n. a plant, with pnle-green doweis and a musky smell. [Fr. mosca telLine - Low L. most hateUina nniu us, musk.] Moselle, mo-rcl', n a while wine from the district of the Moselle. Moslem, mo/iem, n. a Mu ulman or Mohammedan -adj of or belonging to the Mohammedans [Ar niuslun-- salanta, to submit [to God. I)uti Met Mu ulman see Islam. Mosque, imi*»h, n a Mohammedan place of tvorship —bp mcujuita— Ar. nuisjid—sajada, to bend, to adore Mosquito, mos-ke'to, u. a biting gnat common in iropieil countries pi. Mosqui'toes. |Sp.,dim. ul won a, a dy-L. inusia MOSS, mos, n a family of ciyptogamic plants with a branching stem and narrow, simple leaves. a piece ul ground covered wuh mo a bog. vt 10 cove i with mo * [A.S. triers cog with Put was, tier moos, and L. muse us.) Mo land, mos’lund, n land abounding in mo or peat-bogs. Mo -rose, mos'-rGz, «. a variety of rose having a »i n A Moth Moth, moth, a family of insects like butterflies, seen mostly at night the larva of this insect which gnaws doth that which eats away gradually and silently. v.t. Moth' -eat, to prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. (A.S. mothtke; cog. with Ger. inotte, also with A.S, madhu, a bug, Ger. made.] [moths