modeling stand (modeling stand)

In sculp., a small wooden table with a round movable top, at a convenient height, used for supporting a ma of clay while the sculptor is at work upon it. The stand, which is usually mounted on three legs, has a flat piece of wood set horizontally between the legs, about half-way down, on which modeling tools, etc., may be laid. modelizet (mod'el-īz), v. t. [ mold. B. Jonson. and modelize. Which some devout bunglers will undertake to manage Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 426. ( Davies.) modeller, modelling. See modeler, modeling. model-wood (mod'el-wud), n. The hard light colored wood of the rubiaceous tree Adina ( Nauclea ) cord i folia. [India.] Modenese (mō-de-nēs' or-nēz′), a. and n. [ II. n. sing . or pl. A native or an inhabitant of the city or province or former duchy of Modena in northern Italy; people of Modena. IMG:content-0811.jpg:[blocks in formation] trans. 1. To reduce the amount or intensity of; le en; reduce; restrain; specifically, to reduce from a large amount or great degree to a medium quantity or intensity: as, to moderate the heat of a room; to moderate one's anger, ardor, or pa ions. I had rather Your art could force him to return that ardour To me I bear to him, or give me power To moderate my pa ions. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete , ii. 1. Fear, if it have not the light of true understanding concerning God wherewith to be moderated , breedeth likewise superstition. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 3. We saw sand cast upon the earth to moderate the fertility. Sandys, Travailes, p. 98. Though Love moderated be the best of Affections, yet the Extremity of it is the worst of Pa ions. Baker, Chronicles, p. 114. 2. To decide as a moderator; judge. [Rare.] It pa eth mine ability to moderate the question. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. If any of them grudge this book a room, and suspect it of new or dangerous doctrine, you who know us all can best moderate. Donne, Letters, lvi. =Syn. 1. To mitigate, abate, appease, pacify, quiet, a uage, soothe, soften. II. in trans. 1. To become le violent, severe, rigorous, or intense: as, the storm begins to moderate. Mine herte for thee is disconsolate, My paines also nothing me moderate . Lamentation of Mary Magdalen, 1. 516. When his profit moderated , The fury of his heart abated. S. Butler, Hudibras, III. ii. 463. 2. To preside moderators at a meeting, - moderate in a call, in Presbyterian churches, to preside at a congregational meeting at which a call is addre ed to a minister - a duty performed by a minister of the presbytery to which the congregation belongs. moderate (mod'e-rat), a. and n. [L. mode ratus (> It. moderato = Sp. Pg. moder a do = F. modéré ), pp. of moder are, derare, regulate: see moder ate, ate, v.] v.] I. a. 1. Restrained; temperate; keep ing within somewhat restricted limits in action or opinion; avoiding extremes or exce ; thinking or acting soberly or temperately: as, to be moderate in all things; a moderate drinker. They were moderate Divines; indeed, neither hot nor Milton , Reformation in Eng., i. cold. The moderate sort of men thus qualified, Inclined the balance to the better side. Dryden, Abs. and Achit., 1. 75. 2. Thinking, speaking, or acting with habitual slowne ; very deliberate. [Colloq.] -3. Of things, limited in extent, amount, or degree; not extreme, exce ive, or remarkable; restricted; medium: as, moderate wealth or poverty; a moderate quantity; moderate opinions or ability; moderate weather or exercise. There is not so much left to furnish out A moderate table. moder1t, n. A Middle English form of mother1 . moder2t, v. t. [OF. moderer, F. modérer = Sp. Pg . moderar It. moder are , moder are , reg- ulate: see moderate .] To moderate; regulate, pared with those which he put forth a few months later especially the temper or disposition; calm; quiet. Gladly the two dukes of Berrey and Borgoune wolde haue modered that voiage, but they might nat be herde. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. clxxxvii. These tydynges somewhat modered dyuers mennes hartes, so that they were nere at the poynte to haue broken their Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., III. clxxxvii. voyage.