moya (moi a)

[S. Amer.] Mud poured out from a volcano during the time of an eruption. The name is a local one, and was originally given IMG:content-1039.png:[blocks in formation] to the dark carbonaceous mud poured out from the volcanic MSS. An abbreviation of manuscripts . vents near Quito. These flows are also called mud - lava , Mt. An abbreviation of mount . and by the Italians lava d'acqua or or lava di fango . The IMG:content-1040.png:[blocks in formation] in groups of two, so as to resemble the letter M. mu (mu), n. The Greek letter μ , corresponding to the English m . muablet (mu'a-bl), a. [ mutabilis , changeable: see mutable and mue, mew3.] Mutable; changing; change- able. Chaucer, Boëthius, iv. prose 6. mubble-fubblest (mub'l-fub"lz), n. pl . [Also muble - fuble ; a slang term.] A causele de- pre ion of spirits; the blue-devils. [Old slang.] Melancholy is the creast of courtiers armes, and now every base companion, being in his mublefubles , says he is melancholy. Lyly, Mydas, v. 2. (Nares.) mucate (mu'kāt), n. [ mucet, n. An obsolete form of muse3 . mucedin, mucedine (mu'se-din), n. [ 2t. Very. And he hadde take the semblaunce of a moc he olde man. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 91. It [Esop's Fables] is a moc he pleasant le on. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 10. This figure hath three principall partes in his nature and vse much considerable. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 81. Thus far my charity this path has try'd (A much unskilful, but well-meaning guide). With two points on your shoulder? much ! Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 143. fungus of the family Mucedineæ .-2. A nitro- genous constituent of wheat gluten, soluble in alcohol. Mucedineæ (mū-se-din'ē-ē), n . pl . [NL., mucedo ( mucedin- ), mucus: see mucedinous .] A family of microscopic hyphomycetous fungi. They are molds and mildews growing upon living or de- caying animal or vegetable substances, and contributing to their decay. They appear as a downy coating composed of minute thread-like white or colored bodies. mucedinous (mu-sed'i-nus), a. [ mucedo ( mucedin- ), mucus ( mucus , mucus), + -ous.] In bot . , having the character of mold or mildew; resembling mold. much (much), a. and n. [ miche , abbr. from muchel , mochel , mychel , michel , a ibilated form of mukel , mikel (> E. mickle , muckle ), micel , mycel , great, much: see mickle .] I. a.; compar. more , superl. most . 11. Great in size; big; large. And Antor, that hadde this childe nor is shed till he was a moc he man of xv yere of age, he hadde hym trewly nor- i hed, so that he was faire and moc he. Moz arabic (mō-zar'a-bik), a. [ Mozarab + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the Mozarabs: as, Moz arabic Church, architecture, liturgy, etc. -Moz arabic liturgy, Moz arabic ma , the ancient national liturgy of the Spanish church. In its present form, which shows some a imilation to the Roman ma , this liturgy was restored and revised by Cardinal Ximenes in A. D. 1500, and is still in use in the chapel of a college at Toledo founded by him, and in a few other chapels or churches. The Roman liturgy was made compulsory in Spain, with the exception of a few churches, about A. D. 1100, and in the thirteenth and succeeding centuries the national liturgy had fallen into almost entire disuse. The inappropriate epithet Moz arabic -that is, 'Arabizing'- may have been given to this liturgy from its longer reten- tion in that part of Spain which was held by the Moors, or may have been meant as an unfavorable reflection upon it by the friends of the Roman rite. Apart from obvious Roman insertions, this liturgy is found to agree with canons of early Spanish councils, especially that of Toledo in A. D. 633, and with an account of the Spanish liturgy given by St. Isidore of Seville at about the same date. The Moz arabic liturgy closely resembles the Gallican litur- gies, belongs with them to the Ephesine, Gallican, or His- pano-Gallican group of liturgies, and, as the only full and complete extant member of that group, serves as its type and representative. Among the marked peculiarities of this liturgy are-(1) the nature, arrangement, and un- equaled variability of its parts; (2) its Oriental affinities, such as remains of the epiclesis, proclamations by the deacon, the position of the pax, the presence of the Sancta Sanctis, etc.; (3) the elaborate ritual of the fraction; and (4) the use of a peculiar nomenclature for the parts, considerably different even from that of the Gallican uses, as, for instance, officium for introit , sacrificium for offer tory anthem, illation for preface , etc. See Ephesian , Gal- lican, liturgy. Moz arabic office, the office for the ca- nonical hours according to the ancient Spanish rite, as given in the breviary published by Ximenes in A. D. 1502. Moz arabic rite, the Moz arabic office and liturgy. Mozartean (mo-zärte-an), a . [ Mozart (see 3t. Many in number. def.) +-e-an.] Of or pertaining to Wolfgang A made us Mozart (1756-91), an Austrian mus i- cal composer, or resembling his style. mozetta (mo-tset'tä), n. [ mozzetta , IMG:content-1041.png:[blocks in formation] The rule of - Not too much , by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, So mayst thou live. Milton , P. L., xi. 531. My much busine hath made me too oft forget Mondays and Fridays. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 453. When many skin-nerves are warmed, or much retinal surface illuminated, our feeling is larger than when a le er nervous surface is excited. W. James, Mind, XII. 8. [In this sense much is sometimes used ironically, imply ing little or none. How say you now? Is it not past two o'clock? and here Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. 2. IMG:content-1042.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1043.png:[blocks in formation] To strength and counsel join'd Think nothing hard, much le to be despair'd. Milton , P. L., vi. 495. 3. Nearly: usually emphasizing the sense of indefinitene . I heare saie, you haue a sonne, moch of his age. Ascham , The Scholemaster, p. 20. Much like a pre of people at a door. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1301. Men's thoughts are much according to their inclination. Bacon , Custom and Education. IMG:content-1044.png:[blocks in formation] Our Men entered the Town, and found it emptied both of Money and Goods; there was not so much as a Meal of Victuals left for them. Dampier , Voyages, I. 144. much (much), v. t. [ len , micelian , become great: see mickle, v .] 1. To make much; increase. - 2. To make much of; coax; stroke gently. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] important. 41. High in position, rank, or social station; muchelhedet, n. [ME., muchel + -hede , -head.] IMG:content-1045.png:[blocks in formation] Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Luke xii. 48. They have much of the poetry of Mæcenas, but little of his liberality. Dryden. The parents seldom devote much of their time or atten- tion to the education of their children. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 63. 2. A great, uncommon, or serious thing; some- thing strange, wonderful, or considerable. It was much that one that was so great a lover of peace should be so happie in warre. Bacon , Hist. Hen. VII., p. 234. This gracious act the ladies all approve, Who thought it much a man should die for love, And with their mistre join'd in close debate. Dryden. To make much of. See makel . much (much), adv . [ muche , moc he, myche , miche , abbr. form of muchel , mochel , etc., a ib- ilated form of mukel , mikel , miclum , adv., prop. acc. sing., and dat. sing. and pl., of micel , adj.: see much , a.] 1. In a great Of fairne e and of muchelhede , Bute thu ert a man and heo a maide. mucherus, n. Same as mochras . muchetert, muchitert, n. Same as muckender . muchly (much'li), adv . Greatly; much. [Ob- solete or slang.] Went gravelie dight to entertaine the dame They muchlie lov'd, and honour'd in her name. MS . Bibl . Reg ., 17 B. xv. ( Hall i well .) muchne (much'nes), n. The state of being much; large quantity. Thus thay meled of much - quat til myd-morn paste. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1280. mucic