mo dil lien (li as y), modiglion (diglion as dilyun), mo dill on

[Fr. modillon, from Lat. modulus, dim in. of modus a measure; Ital. modiglione.] Architecture: 1. An ornamental console beneath the corona ir some orders. IMG:content-1312.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1313.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1314.png:[blocks in formation] an order according to modules. 2. Music : (1) Movement or graduation of sound. (2) A change of key. Modulation is of three kinds: (1) Diatonic, (2) Chromatic, and (3) Enharmonic. The first of these is sometimes called natural; the last two, artificial. mod-u-lā-tor, s. [Latin, from modulatus , pa. par. of modulor =to modulate (q. v.); Fr. modula- teur ; Ital. modulatore .] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which modulates. 2. Music : In the tonic sol-fa system, a sort of map of musical sounds representing the relative intervals of the notes of a scale, its chromatics, and its more closely related scales. 2. A model, a pattern, a mold, a counterfeit. "Shall we have this dialogue between the fool and the soldier? Come, bring forth this counterfeit module ."- Shakesp.: All's Well that En is Well , iv. 3. II. Arch .: A measure of proportion by which the parts of an order or of a building are regulated in cla ical architecture; considered generally as the diameter or semi-diameter of the lower end of the shaft of the column; in other words, semi-diameter *mod-ule, v . t. [Fr. moduler.] [MODULE, 8.) 1. To model, to shape. "O would I could my father's cunning use! And souls into well moduted clay infuse." Sandys: Ovid; Metamorphoses , i. 2. To modulate, to regulate, to adapt, to adjust. That moduleth her tunes so admirably rare." Drayton: Polyolbion , s. 13. *mod-u-lět, s. [A dim in. from module (q. v.).] A little model or pattern. "The little world's admired modulet ." Sylvester: Seventh Day, First Week , 747. *mod-u-līze, v . t . [Eng. model ; -ize.] To model. "To his inward sight did modulize His Tabernacle's admirable form." ber by which all the logarithms in one system of notation must be multiplied to adapt them to the same number in another system. (2) Modulus of elasticity : The measure of the elastic form of any substance, expre ed by the ratio of a pre ure on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying compre ion. Or an expres- sion of the force which would be nece ary to elon gate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, or to compre it within the limits of its elasticity. (4) Modulus of rupture : The measure of the force nece ary to break a given substance. ( Rankine .) mo-dum-ite, s . [Named after Modum, Norway; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: The same as SKUTTERUDITE (q. v.). mōd-ŭs, s. [Lat. a measure.] 1. Law : (1) The arrangement or expre ion of the terms of a covenant or contract. IMG:content-1315.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1316.png:[blocks in formation] Civil war resulted, and the sects of the Sunnis and Shiahs arose. Ali was a a inated in 661, Ha an and Hosein, his sons, soon after perishing. In 710 Tarik landed in Spain, the straits where he had pa ed and the adjacent rock being ever afterward called Gibraltar (q. v.). In 732 Charles Martel (=the Hammer) defeated the Arab Abderrahman at Poictiers, saving Western Europe. The Saracen capitals had been succe ively at Medina, at Cafa, at Damascus, and at Bagdad; their dynasties were the Ommeyades, Abba sides, . About the middle of the eighth century, the Saracen empire in the East began to be broken down by the Turks, then a savage Tartar tribe, who afterward embraced Mo- terminating the Greek or Eastern the sixteenth century their power has been le dreaded. The Mohammedans of the world have been estimated at 250 millions, of whom 50 millions are in India, 40 millions directly under British rule, and 10 millions in allied or tributary states. The Koran (=that which is read or recited) is their sacred book and their code of law. Their faith is called Islam (=surrender of the will to God). Five duties are incumbent on the faithful Mohammedan: A confe ion of faith that there is but one God, and that Mohammed is his prophet, prayer, fasting. almsgiving, and a pilgrimage to Mecca. Friday is their Sabbath and day of special worship. Raising the nations which have embraced it to a higher creed than their old idolatry, Islam has so stereo- typed them as to render all further changes in- tensely difficult. No other faith offers so stubborn a resistance to the spread of Christianity. Mõ-hăm-měd-an-ize, Mạ - hăm - ě-tan-ize, Mû-hăm-ma-dan-ize, v.t. [Eng. Muhammadan ; 1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. 2. One of the greatest of the Mohammedan fest i- vals. It is held in commemoration of the so-called martyrdom of Ha un and Hosein, sons of Ali, and nephews of Mohammed, which occurred in the forty-sixth year of the Hejira. It commences the evening on which the new moon becomes visible in the month Mohurrum, and continues fully ten days. While the festival continues, the people light fires every evening in pits, fencing acro them with sticks or swords and leaping acro or even through them. crying out Ya Ali, Ya Ali (Oh Ali, Oh Ali), Shah Ha un, Shah Hosein (Noble Ha un, Noble Hosein), . They form ullums or facsimiles of Hosein's banner of copper, bra , steel, or even silver or gold, and finally carry past in proce ion beautiful taboots or tombs, which, in India, at least, are ultimately thrown into some river. There A. In trans.: To work or labor hard; to toil. B. Trans.: Τo spend in toil or hard work. uguese gold coin, worth 4,000 reis, or about $5.31. môi-e-tỹ, moit ié a half, from Lat. medie IMG:content-1317.png:[ocr errors] die course, a half; medius =middle.] IMG:content-1318.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Moderately wet, damp, not dry, humid. "Why were the moist in number so outdone That to a you sand dry, they are but one?" Black more: Creation, i. 3. Juicy, succulent. moist-eyed, a. Having eyes wet with tears. *moist-star, s. The moon. "The moist-star, Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 1. 1. To make moist, damp, or humid; to damp. "One paste of flesh on all degrees bestowed, And kneaded up alike with moist'ning blood." Dryden: Sigismonda and Guiscardo, 502. *2. To soften; to make soft or tender. 3. To fill with tears. "The moistened eye, the trembling lip, Are not the signs of doubt or fear. 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The matter or material of which anything is timber, and serving as a templet for scribing the "Rather shun than seek the fellowship IMG:content-1324.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1325.png:[blocks in formation] (3) a mold candle (q. v.). (4) A thing molded. "Think you this mold of hopes and fears Could find no statelier than his peers?" Tennyson: Two Voices. 2. Fig .: Cast, form, shape, character. "What creatures there inhabit, of what mold, Or substance, how endued, and what their power." Milton: P. L. , ii. 355. II. Technically : 1. Anat .: A fontanel or space occupied by a car tilaginous membrane situated at the angles of the bones which form the skull in a human fœtus and a new-born child. IMG:content-1326.png:[blocks in formation] *mold (3), s. [MOLE (1), s.] A mark, a spot. "A little purple mold , That like a rose her silken leaves did faire unfold." Spenser: F. Q., VI. xii. 7. mõld (1), mõuld (1), v . t. & i. [MOLD (1), 8.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-1327.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To diminish gradually. IMG:content-1328.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Founding : 'The cavity in the floor of a foundry warp (q. v.).] in which large castings are made. molding-loam, s. 1. Zoology : Founding: The mixture of sand and clay used in sometimes loosely applied to any underground bur -ne .] Of the