mockingbird (mokingberd)

An oscine pa erine bird of the subfamily Mimina and restricted genus Mimus; a mock-bird or mocker. The best-known species is M. polyglott us, which abounds in the southerly parts of the United States; it is the most famous songster of America, and is much prized as a cage IMG:content-0805.jpg:[graphic] Mocking-bird Mimus polyglott us). bird. Its proper song is of remarkable compa and variety, and besides this the bird has a wonderful range, being able to imitate almost any voice or even mere noises. This vocalization is confined to the male. The bird is about 10 inches long and 14 in extent of wings. It is ashy-gray above, soiled-white below; the bill and feet are black, and the wing and tail-feathers in part pure white. The extent of this white on the wings and tail distinguishes the sexes, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary being greatest in the male. The nest is placed in trees and bushes, and is bulky and inartistic, built of twigs, gra , leaves, etc. The eggs are bluish-green, heavily freckled with various brownish shades; they are 4 to 6 in number, measuring on an average 1 inch by 0.75 inch. See Miminæ . mockingly (mok'ing-li), adv . In a mocking or jeering manner; with ridicule, derision, or con- tempt; so as to disappoint, deceive, or cheat. "Let's meete," quoth Eccho, mockingly . Warner, Albion's England, ix. 45. mocking-stockt (mok'ing-stok), n. A laugh- ing-stock; a butt. None of vs... [but] shall be a mocking - stocke to our enemies. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, vi. Not prophanes nor wickednes, but Religion it selfe is a byword, a mokingstock , & a matter of reproach. Their characteristic property as modals belongs to form rather than to matter; and Aristotle ought not to be con- sidered as unphilosophical for introducing them into the Organon. Grote, Aristotle, iv. Conjunct modal. See conjunct. - Disjunct modal. modalism (mō'dal-izm), n. [ modal + -ism .] In theol ., the doctrine, adopted by Sabellius in the third century, that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are different manifestations of one and the same person. The orthodox doctrine of the Trinity stands between tritheism and modalism , now leaning to the one, now to the other, when either the tripersonality or the unity is emphasized. P. Schaff , Christ and Christianity, p. 68. modalist (modal-ist), n. [ modal + -ist .] In theol., one who holds or profe es modalism. modalistic (mo-da-lis'tik), a. [ modalist + -ic.] In theol ., of or pertaining to modalism. mock-orange (mok'oranj), n . 1. Any plant of dal .] 1. The fact of being a mode.-2. A de- the genus Philadelphus , but especially P. coro- narius . Its fragrance in blo om resembles that of orange-flowers. See syringa .-2. See wild orange, under orange . mock-shadow (mok's had"ō), n. Twilight. Hal- liwell . [Prov. Eng.] mock-thrush (mok'thr (mok' (mok'thrush), n . A bird of the subfamily Mimina ; especially, one of the genus Harporhynchus, as the thrasher, H. rufus . mock-turtle (mok'ter"tl), a . Imitating turtle (soup): only in the phrase mock -turtle soup (an imitation of turtle soup made with calf's head). mock-velvet (mok'velvet), n. A fabric made in imitation of velvet; especially, such a fabric in common use in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, supposed to be the same as moccado. Hee weares his apparell much after the fashion; his means will not suffer him to come too nigh; they afford him mock - velvet , or satinisco. 3. Mode in the logical sense; that wherein problematical, a ertoric, and apodictic judg- ments are distinguished. Lastly, under the head of Modality , we have seen that all phenomena, as objects, are in themselves contingent, or only hypothetically nece ary, i. e. nece ary on the presupposition of the existence of something else. E. Caird , Philos. of Kant, p. 564. Just as the adjectives which contain the modal force of the same, although the modality was Amer. Jour. Philol ., X. 44. nally in them. 4. In civil law , the quality of being limited as to time or place of performance, or, more loose- To object that the faith in the Holy Trinity obliges us to as greate a difficulty as the Pontific i an modalitie is very trifling, since that is onely matter of beliefe indefinite. We are not required to explaine the manner of the mys- terie. Adverbial modality. See adverbial . - Categories of modality. See category , 1. modally (mo'dal-i), adv . In a modal manner; a mode or form; as regards mode or manner. moddert, n. Same as mauther . model (mod), n. [Also, in grammar, logic, and music, mood ; also, as mere L., modus ; in ME. moede (def. 8), * moed , meuf , later mode , F. mode , manner, way, mode, style, fashion, Sp. Pg. It. modo , manner, mode (also Sp. Pg. It. mod a , f., fashion, mode = G. mode = Sw. mod = Dan. mode , style, fashion, modus , in grammar, modus , measure, due measure, rhythm, melody, etc., manner, way, mode, mode in grammar, etc.; akin to E. metel . The form mood , as used, along with mode, in grammar, music, and logic, is prob. due in part to some confusion with mood1 , as if 'an attitude of mind.'] 1. A manner of acting or doing; way of performing or effect- ing anything; method; way. A table richly spread in regal mode . Milton , P. R., ii. 340 What modes of sight between each wide extreme! Pope , E ay on Man, i. 211. Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. 2. Customary manner; prevailing style; fash- ion. It was grown a Mode to be vicious, and they had rather be damned than be out of the fashion. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. xii. To White Hall, and in the garden spoke to my Lord Sandwich, who is in his gold-buttoned suit, as the mode Pepys , Diary, II. 8. is, and looks nobly. If after this we look on the people of mode in the coun- try, we find in them the manners of the last age. Add is on , Country Manners. 3. In gram ., the designation, by the form of the verb, of the manner of our conception of an event or fact, whether as certain, contin- gent, po ible, desirable, or the like. The modes of the English verb are the indicative , subjunctive , and im- perative; and other verbal phrases are usually called by the name of modes, as potential , conditional , and so on. See these terms. Also commonly, but le properly, mood . 4. The natural disposition or the manner of existence or action of anything; a form: as, IMG:content-0807.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0808.png:[blocks in formation] Hypoæolian, or lower Hypolydian (mode VI.), C. Hypolydian (mode VI.), C. Ionian, Iastian, or lower Phrygian (mode II.), En. Phrygian (mode II.), E. Hyperdorian, or Mixolydian (mode VII.), G. Hyper i on i an, Hyper i as tian, or higher Mixolydian (mode Hyperphrygian, or Hyper mixolydian (mode VIII.), A. Hyperæolian, or lower Hyperlydian (mode IX.), Br. Hyperlydian (mode IX.), B. The fact that the term mode has been applied from very early times both to the ideal octave-forms, or true modes, and to the practical scales or tonalities based upon them has led to great confusion. Furthermore, the extant data of the subject are fragmentary and obscure, so that author- ities differ widely. (The summary here given is taken chiefly from Alfred Richter.) The esthetic and moral value of the different modes was much discu ed by the Greeks, and melodies were written in one or other of the modes according to the sentiment intended to be expre ed. (2) The Greg or i an, medieval, or ecclesiastical system was originally intended partly to follow the ancient system. Several of the old modes were retained, but subsequently received curiously transposed names. IMG:content-0809.png:[blocks in formation] between the solid parts of the pattern.-10. A garment for women's wear, apparently a man- tle with a hood, worn in England in the eigh- teenth century. Certain wardrobes of the third story were ransacked, and their contents, in the shape of brocaded and hooped petticoats, satin sacques, black modes , lace lappets, etc., were brought down in armfuls by the Abigails. Accidental mode. See substantial mode. - Adverbial mode, that sort of modification of a proposition that may be effected by the addition of such adverbs as po ibly and nece arily. All the mode, all the fashion; very fashion- able. There laid out 10s. upon pendents and painted leather gloves, very pretty and all the mode. Pepys , Diary, I. 404. Formal mode. See formal . - Immediate mode, a mode which is attributed immediately to its subject; mediate mode, one which is attributed to its subject by the inter- vention of another mode. Intrinsic mode, in logic . See intrinsic.-Material mode. See material . - Meta phys i- cal mode of expre ion. See metaphysical . - Mixed mode. (a) In music . See maneria . (b) pl . In the phi- losophy of Locke. See def. 5- Nominal mode, that sort of modification of the meaning of a proposition which may be effected by such phrases as "it is po ible that," or "it is nece ary that." - Substantial mode, a mode that affects a substance in so far as it is substance (as, for ex- ample, existence); accidental mode, a mode which only modifies an accident. = Syn. 1. Method , Way, etc. (see manner1 ), proce . modelt (mōd), v . i. [ model , n.] To conform to the mode or fashion: with an indefinite it . [Rare.] He could not mode it, or comport either with French ficklene or Italian pride. mode2t, n. A Middle English form of mood1 . mode-book (mod'buk), n. A fashion-book. Her head-dre cannot be described; it was like nothing in the mode - book or out of it. The cathedral at Saltzburg is built on the model of saint Peter's at Rome. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 213. The ship was of a model such as I had never seen, and the rigging had a musty odor. G. W. Curtis, Prue and I, p. 147. 4. A mechanical imitation or copy of an ob- ject, generally on a miniature scale, designed to show its formation: as, a model of Jerusa- lem or of Cologne cathedral; a model of the human body. Hence-5. An exact reproduc- tion; a facsimile. [Rare.] I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. model (mod'el), n. and a. [Formerly also mod- ell (= D. model = G. Sw. modell = Dan. model ) , modelle , F. modèle = Sp. Pg. modelo = It. modello , a model, mold, modellus , dim. principle of Plato's republic. of modulus , measure, standard, dim. of modus , measure: see model , and cf. module , modulus , mould , mold4 .] I. n. 1. A standard for imi- tation or comparison; anything that serves or may serve as a pattern or type; that with which something else is made to agree in form or character, or which is regarded as a fitting exemplar. It is natural for men to think that government the best under which they drew their first breath, and to propose it as a model and standard for all others. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. vii. [These works) are put into the hands of our youth, and cried up as models for imitation. Goldsmith, The Bee. I regarded her as a model , and yet it was a part of her perfection that she had none of the stiffne of a pattern. H. James, Jr., Louisa Pallant, ii. 2. Specifically-( a ) A detailed pattern of a thing to be made; a representation, generally in miniature, of the parts, proportions, and other details to be copied in a complete pro- duction. Hollandes state, the which I will present In cartes, in mappes, and eke in models made. Gas coigne, Voyage into Holland (1572). Tennyson, Prince , Prol, A dozen angry models jetted steam: A petty railway ran. A little model the Master wrought, Which should be to the larger plan What the child is to the man. (b) In the fine arts : (1) A living person who serves a painter or sculptor as the type of a figure he is painting or modeling, or poses for that purpose during the execution of the work; also, one who poses before a cla to serve as an object to be drawn or painted. (2) In sculp- ture, also, an image in clay or plaster intended to be reproduced in stone or metal. (3) A canon, such as the sculptural canons of Polycletus and Lysippus, or the fancied rigid canons for the human form in ancient Egypt. Egypt. See doryphorus and Lysippan .-3. A plan or mode of form a- Those, mighty Jove, mean time, thy glorious Care, Who model Nations. Prior, First Hymn of Call i mach us. The camp seemed like a community modelled on the Quoted in Pre scott's Ferd. and Isa., i. 14. [Nothing] justifies even a suspicion that vertebræ are modelled after an ideal pattern. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 210. 2. To mold or shape on or as on a model; give form to by any means: as, to model a hat on a block; to model a ship; specifically, in drawing or painting , to give an appearance of natural relief to. Every face, however full, Padded round with flesh and fat, Is but modell'd on a skull. When they come to model heaven Milton , P. L., viii. 79. Many a ship that sailed the main Was modelled o'er and o'er again. ed; typical form, style, or method: as, to build a house on the model of a Greek temple; to form one's style on the model of Add is on. 9. In lace - making : ( a ) An unusual decorative stitch or fashion, characteristic of the pattern It [a proposition) hath much the model and frame of our of any special sort of lace; especially, a small oath of allegiance, but with some modification. piece of such decorative work inserted in the Donne, Letters, cxxvi. pattern of lace. Hence, because such decorative in- The church remains according to the old model , though sertions are more open than the rest of the pattern, mode it has been ruined and repaired. is used as equivalent to jour . Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 133. IMG:content-0810.png:[blocks in formation]