mops (mops)

[= LG. G. Sw. Dan. mops, a pug-dog; a var., with insignificant formative -s (as in minx1 and mawks ), of mop, a wry mouth: see mop1.] A pug-dog. Mopsea (mop'se-ä), n. [NL. (Lamarck).] A genus of isidaceous alcyonarian corals of the family Isididæ, having alternate calcareous and fibrous nodes. There are several deep-sea species, some of them used for ornamental purposes. mopsey, n. See mopsy. mopsical (mop'si-kal), a. [ + -al. Cf. G. mopsig, stupid, morose.] Shortsighted; purblind; mope-eyed; stupid. Their mopsical humours being never satisfied but in fancying themselves as kings and reigning with Christ. Bp. Gauden, Hi eras pistes, pref. sig. b (1653). ( Latham .) mopstick (mop's tik), n. In the pianoforte, a vertical rod at the rear end of a key, by which the damper is raised when the key is depre ed. Also mapstick . mopsy, mopsey (mop'si), n.; pl. mopsies, mop seys (-siz). [ He is bewitch'd or mop'd , or his brains melted, Could he find no body to fall in love with. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 6. Has he fits of spleen? Or is he melancholy, moped , or mean? Crabbe , Works, VIII. 4. [ mope , v .] A low-spirited, mope (mop), n . listle , melancholy person; a drone. No meagre, Muse-rid mope , adust and thin, In a dun night-gown of his own loose skin. Pope , Dunciad, ii. moot-mant (möt'man), n. One who argued a hypothetical case in the inns of court. mooty (mö'ti), n.; pl. mooties (-tiz). [A native name (1).] A very small bluish falcon, an Oriental finch-falcon, Microhierax cærules cens. moovet, v. An obsolete spelling of move. mop1 (mop), r. i.; pret. and pp. mopped, ppr. mopping. [Early mod. E. moppe; = D. moppen = G. muffen (> LG. muffen ), pout, grimace: see mop1, n., and cf. mop2, mops. Cf. mow5. Also, in another form and modified sense, mope.] 1. that, if he be not mope - ey'd, he may find the Proce ion of To make a wry mouth. I beleeve hee hath robd a jackanapes of his jesture; marke but his countenance, see how he mops , and how he mowes, and how he straines his lookes, B. Rich , Faults and nothing but Faults, p. 7. ( Nares .) 2. To fidget about. [Prov. Eng.] mop1 (mop), п. [Early mod. E. moppe, = late MHG. mupf, muff, a wry face: see mop1, n. (f.