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[Latin mollusc (us); suff.-ite ( Palæont.).] Palæont.: Black carbonaceous animal matter, occurring in contrast with other colors in some IMG:content-1334.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A secret society formed in Ireland, in 1843, to intimidate bailiffs or proce -servers distraining for rent, or others impounding the cattle of those who were unable or unwilling to pay rent. The members of the a ociation were young men dre ed up in female attire, and having their faces blackened. "These Molly Maguires were generally stout active young men, dre ed up in women's clothes, with faces blackened or otherwise disguised; sometimes they wore crape over their countenances, sometimes they smeared themselves in the most fantastic manner with burnt cork about their eyes, mouth, and cheeks. In this state they used suddenly to surprise the unfortunate grippers, keepers, or proce -servers, and either duck them in bog-holes, or beat them in the most unmerciful manner, so that the Molly Maguires became the terror of all our officials."Trench: Realities of Irish Life , ch. vi. 2. A similar society formed in 1877 in the mining districts of Pennsylvania. The members sought to effect their purpose by intimidation, carried in some cases to murder. Several were brought to justice and executed. mol-ly-cod-dle, s . [From Molly , a female name and coddle (q. v.).] An effeminate person. ( Slang .) "Such a thin-legged silly fellow as his uncle Pellet-a mollycoddle, in fact."-George Eliot: Mill on the Flo , ch. ix. Mô-loch, Mô-lěcho, Mil-com, Măl-cham, s. 1. Molluscous. "Molluscoid animals feel the jar of those rapid undula- [Gr. Moloch from Heb. Molech , in the Old Testa tions." H. Spencer: Psychology , ch. iv., p. 311. 2. Belonging to the molluscoid a. ment, except in 1 Kings xi. 7, with ha ="the" prefixed the king; cf. melek =king.] TOPHET. Probably at first the children were placed in the fire, and left there till they were consumed (Lev. xx. 2, 3; Jer. vii. 21); then after humanity, perhaps at the instance of the mothers, began to a ert itself over cruel superstition, the children were pa ed hastily through the fire, so as to give them at least some hope of life (Lev. xviii. 21; Jer. xxxiii. 35). [NEEDFIRE.] 2. Zool .: Agenus of Lizards, family Agamide. It contains but one species, Moloch horrid us , from Australia. It is about six inches in length, armed on the head, body, limbs, and tail, with spines of large size, whence its popular name, Thorn-devil. Mô-lō-kăn ( pl . Mô-lō-ka-nî), s. [Ru . moloko = milk.] Milk-drinker; one of a sect in Ru ia who observe the laws of Moses regarding meat, forbid the use of images or the sign of the cro , and consider all wars unlawful. They derive their name from the quantity of milk-food eaten by them. mo-lō-pēş, s. pl. [ Gr.mõlõps (gen it. mõlõpos ) = the mark of a stripe, a weal.] Pathol.: Petechiæ (q. v.). mô-los-sĩ, s. pl. [MOLOSSUS.] Zool .: A group formed by Dr. Dobson, "for the reception of three genera of Emballonuride: Molos. sus, Nyctinomus, and Cheiromeles." (Proc. Zool. Soc ., 1876, pp. 76-735.)