moolberyt

A Middle English form of mul berry. Moolid (mö'lid), n. [ I have now a cluster of lamps hanging before my door, in honour of the moo'lid of a sheykh who is buried near the house in which I am living. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 307. mooly, mooley (mul'i), a . and n. See muley . moonl (mön), n. [ IMG:content-0926.jpg:[blocks in formation] maene, D. maan = MLG. māne, mān, LG. maan = OHG. mano, MHG. māne, mōn, also (with excrescent t, due prob. in part to a ociation with manet, month) mante, mande, G. mond = Icel. māni = Sw. måne = Dan. maane = Goth. mēna (all masc.), the moon; = Gr. μήνη, the moon, = Lith. menu, the moon; cf., with appar. formative s, OBulg. miesetsi, etc., moon, month, L. mens is, month, Gr. μήν (for * μηνς ), month (Μήν, the Moon-god, L. Lunus, Μήνη, the Moon-godde , L. Luna ), Skt. mās (for * māns, * mēns ) = Zend mās, > Pers. mah (> Hind. Turk. māh ), moon, month. The relations of these forms to each other, and to the words for 'month' (see month ), and their ult. root, are undetermined. The usual explanation is that the moon is the 'measurer' (sc. of time), available to determine the longitude has given the theory of the moon's motion the first rank in economic importance, while the mathematical problems involved have proved most interesting and fertile from the scientific point of view. Of all the heavenly bodies (meteors excepted) the moon is nearest to us. Its mean distance is a little more than sixty times the radius of the earth, or 238,800 miles. The dimensions of the moon as compared with those of the earth are far greater than those of any other satellite in proportion to its primary. Its Jupiter; Uranian moons.-3. The period of a synodical revolution of the moon round the earth; a month. This mone , in sunny daies and serene Withouten frost, thi cornes, weede hem clene. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 46. One twelve moons more she'll wear Diana's livery. Shak., Pericles, ii. 5. 10. This roaring moon of daffodil And crocus. Tennyson, Pref. Sonnet to Nineteenth Century. 4. Something in the shape of a moon, especially of a half-moon or crescent. Specifically -(a) A crescent as a symbol or banner; especially, the Turkish national emblem. (b) In fort., a crescent-shaped outwork. Much means, much blood this warlike Dane hath spent To advance our flag above their hornèd moons . Beau . and Fl ., Knight of Malta, i. 3. (c) In brickmaking, an implement of the nature of a slicebar, for slicing or loosening fires in the grates of brickkilns. It is somewhat longer than half the width of the kiln, and has a nearly circular blade perforated in the middle, which is shoved in on the top of the grate and under the fire, to clear out ashes and brighten up the fire. 5. The golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus. Also moonie, muin. C. Swains on. See cut under goldcrest.-6. The moon-daisy or moon-flower. Also moons. - Acceleration of the moon. See accel eration. - Age of the moon. See age. - Beyond the moon, beyond reach; extravagantly; out of depth. Whither art thou rapt, Beyond the moon that strivest thus to strain? Drayton, Eclogues, v. Blue moon, an absurdity; an impo ibility. If they saye the mone is belewe , We must beleve that it is true, Admittynge their interpret a cion. Roy and Barlow , Rede me and Be nott Wroth, p. 114. [( Davies .) Change of the moon. See change. - Coition of the moon. See coition.- Dark moon. Same as dark of the moon.-Dark of the moon, the time in the month when the moon is not seen. - Ecclesiastical or calendar moon. See ecclesiastical. - Full moon. See full1. - Libration of the moon. See libration. - Man in the moon. See man. - Mean moon. See means. - Michael mas moon. See Michael mas. Mock moon. See paraselene. - Moon hoax. See hoax. - Moon in distance, a nautical phrase used when the angle between the moon and the sun or a star admits of measurement for lunar observation. - Mount of the moon, in palmistry. See mount, 5.- The old moon in the new moon's arms, that appearance of the moon during the first quarter in which the whole orb is made faintly visible by earth-shine. I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi' the auld moon in her arm . Sir Patrick Spens (Child's Ballads), III. 154. To bark at the moon. See bark1. To level at the moon, to cast beyond the moon, to be very ambitious; calculate deeply; make an extravagant conjecture. See also under cast. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] moon1 (mön), v. t. [ moon pose to the rays of the moon. uses.] IMG:content-0927.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0928.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A dolt; a stupid fellow.-3. A mole or ma of fleshy matter generated in the uterus; a false conception. Cotgrave.