mockernut

Bot.: Juglans to mentos a , called also White hearted Hickory, or Common Hickory (q. v.). mock-er-ỹ, s. & a. [Fr. moquerie , from moquer =to mock.] A. As substantive: 1. The act of mocking or ridiculing. ures, " Mockery and ridicule, when exercised upon the Script fall within the mischief of the law which forbids the profanation of God's name."- Paley : Moral Philosophy , bk. v., ch. ix. 2. Ridicule, gibing, jeering. 3. The subject of ridicule, laughter, or derision; a butt. "Of the holy place they made a mockery ." -2 Maccabees viii. 17. 4. Mimicry; counterfeit appearance; delusive imitation. "Unreal mockery , hence!" Shakesp.: Macbeth , iii. 4. 5. A vain effort; a fruitle effort or attempt. B. As adj .: Mock, counterfeit. "As if we were a mockery king in state." Ford: Perkin Warbeck , i. 1.