moc he

[Fr.) A bale of raw silk, as imported. *moch-el, *moc he, *moch-il, adj. & adverb. [MICKLE.] A. As adj .: Great in quantity, number, or degree; much. B. As adv.: Much, greatly. "And over al this yit seide he mochil more." Chaucer: C. Т. , 2,852. mō-chrăs, 8. [Arab. Mocha - ras the sap of Mocha. Three dye-stuffs: (1) a mahogany-colored gum of rounded, convoluted, hollow pieces, obtained from Bombax mala bar i cum ; (2) a heavy, light mahogany-colored gum in large, solid bars, pale-colored interiorly, obtained from Moringa pterygosperma ; (3) curiously convoluted, yellowish, opaque pieces of resinous substance, obtained from Areca catechu . mock, *mokke, *mocke, v . t . & i. [Old French mocquer (Fr. moquer ), from the same root as Ger. mucken to mumble, to mutter; Sw. muck a ; Ital. mocca=a grimace; moccare to mock; Gael. mag to scoff, to deride; Wel. morcio =to mimic; late Gr. mōkos mockery; Lat. maccus =a buffoon.] IMG:content-1301.png:[blocks in formation] *6. To pretend, to feign. "He mocks the pauses that he makes." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra, v. 1. B. In trans.: To make use of ridicule or derision; to make sport, to jeer, to ridicule, to speak jestingly. (Generally followed by at .) "The adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths."-Lamentations i. 7.