moblaw (mobʻla)

The rule of the mob or the disorderly cla es; violent usurpation of authority by the rabble; lynch-law. moble1+ (mo'bl), a. and n. [ME., also moeble , meeble, meble; IMG:content-0798.png:[blocks in formation] moble2+, mobblet (mob'l), v. t. [Freq. of mob1.] To wrap up (the head) in or as in a hood; mob. But who, O, who had seen the mobled queen. Run barefoot up and down. Shak . , Hamlet, ii. 2. 524. Their heads and faces are mobled in fine linen, that no more is seen of them than their eyes. Sandys, Travels. mob-master (mob'mas tėr), n. A demagogue. Davies . A sort of military disposition of mob - masters . Roger North , Examen, p. 571. mobocracy (mob-ok'rā-si), n.; pl. mobocracies (-siz). [Irreg. Who would not think it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a veluet gowne, and at a bridall in her ca ock of mockado? Putten ham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 238. 2. Sham; mockery. Neither of them would sit, nor put their hats on: what mockado is this to such a poor soul as I! Richardson , Pamela, II. 37. (Davies.) moccadort, n. [Also mockador , mockadour , muckador, etc., and hence muckender , q. v.; mokadour = F. mouchoir , a handkerchief, = It. moccatore , moccadore , a snuffer, * mucatorium , mucare , wipe the nose, mucus , muccus , mucus: see mucus .] A handkerchief. For eyen and nose the nedethe a mokadour Or sudary. Lydgate , Advice to an Old Gentleman, xi. moccasin1 (mok'a-sin or -sn), n. [Also moccason, moccas sin , moca en , maw cahsun , makka sin , makasin ; a shoe (see def.).] A shoe or cover for the feet, made of deerskin or other soft leather, Moccasin. without a stiff sole, and usually ornamented on the upper side: the shoe customarily worn by the American Indians. All the footsteps had the prints of moccasins . J. F. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, xii. Moccasin embroidery. Same as gra - embroidery . moccasin2 (mok'a-sin or -sn), n. [Also тосса son, moca in (?); appar. short for moccasin snake , which is then moccasin1 + snake ; but the reference to moccasin1 is not explained.] A venomous serpent of the United States. ( a ) An cist rod on (or Toxicophis or Trigonocephalus ) piscivorus , a somewhat aquatic snake of the southern United States, resembling the copperhead, An cist rod on con tortrix , specifically called water - moccasin , sometimes water - viper . See cut on following page. (b) The same or a very similar snake found on dry land, the so-called high - land moccasin , A. atrofuscus , known in the southern United States as the cottonmouth, and much dreaded. Moccasins are rather small snakes, commonly about two feet long, dark olive brown above and yellowish-brown below, with blackish bars and blotches. They are much darker in color than the copperhead, lacking the bright bronzy tints of the latter, and there is a whitish or light streak along the lip: they also have the scales in 25 instead of 23 rows, and no loral plate. The top of the head is mostly covered with scales like those of the back, instead of large regular plates as in innocuous serpents; it is flat and broad, and shows the pit between the eyes and nose as in all the Crotalidæ or pit vipers. moccasin Water-moccasin ( An cist rod on piscivorus). moccasined (mok'a-sind or -snd), a. [ Our moccasined feet made no noise. T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 333. See moccasin-flower (mok'a-sin-flou"ėr), n. Cypripedium , Indian - shoe , and lady's - slipper . moccasin-plant (mok'a-sin-plant), n. Same as moccasin - flower . IMG:content-0799.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0800.png:[blocks in formation] For gnarling sorrow hath le power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 293. mock1 (mok), n. and a. [ And other-whiles with bitter mockes and mowes He would him scorne. Spenser, F. Q., VI. vii. 49. Afflict me with thy mocks , pity me not. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 5. 33. And have a great care, Mistre Abigail, How you depre the spirit any more With your rebukes and mocks . Beau . and Fl . , Scornful Lady, iv. 1. moccasin2.] Same as moccasin2.