moc he1t

and adv. A Middle English form of IMG:content-0802.jpg:[blocks in formation] mochras, mochurrus (mõ ́kras, mõʼkur-us), n. [ Hind. mochras.] An astringent gummy exudation from a kind of cotton-tree, Bombax Mala baricum ( B. heptaphyllum, L.), in India: used medicinally by the natives. mock1 (mok), v. [ ride. They utterly despise and mock sooth-sayings, and divinations of things to come by the flight and voices of birds, and all other divination of vain superstition. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 11. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Ki. xviii. 27. Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. 364. 2. To simulate, imitate, or mimic; produce a semblance of. She mocks all her wooers out of suit. To see the life as lively mock'd as ever Still sleep mock'd death. Shak ., W. T., v. 3. 20. I would mock thy chaunt anew, But I cannot mimick it. Tennyson, Second Song to the Owl. Now reach a strain, my lute, Above her [the nightingale's] mock, or be for ever mute. Crashaw, Music's Duel. 4. A trifle. [Prov. Eng.] -5. Mock turtle. I once had some cheap mock in an eating-house, and it tasted like stewed tripe with a little glue. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 218. To make a mock of, to make a subject of mockery; deride or bring into contempt. They crucify again unto themselves the Son of God, and make a mock of him. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v., App. 1. To make mock (or mocks) at, to make light of; make sport of. IMG:content-0803.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Having close resemblance, as if imitative. -Mock brawn, gold, etc. See the nouns. - Mock lead, mock ore, popular names of blende. - Mock moon. See paraselene.- Mock pennyroyal, plane, privet. See the nouns. - Mock sun. See parhelion. - Mock turtle, a dish consisting of calf's head stewed or baked, and so dre ed with sauces and condiments as to resemble turtle. mock2 (mok), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. A root or stump. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -2. A tuft of sedge. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] mockable (mok'a-bl), a. [ Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the court. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 49.