mothery (muTHeri)

[ IMG:content-0996.png:[blocks in formation] It. mozione, motio (n-), a moving, an emotion, movere , pp. motus , move: see move .] 1. Change of place; transition from one point Change or position in space space to another; continuous variation of position: used both concretely, for a single change of position, and abstractly, to denote such change considered as a character belonging to the moving body, and also generally for a cla of phenomena. There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 61. Encouraged thus, she brought her younglings nigh, Watching the motions of her patron's eye. Dryden, Hind and Panther, i. 533. The atomists, who define motion to be a pa age from one place to another, what do they more than put one synonymous word for another? For what is pa age other than motion ? Locke, Human Understanding, III. iv. 3. All that we know about motion is that it is a name for certain changes in the relations of our visual, tactile, and muscular sensations. Huxley , Sensation and Sensiferous Organs. Consider for a moment a number of pa engers walking on the deck of a steamer. Their relative motions with regard to the deck are what we immediately observe, but if we compound with these the velocity of the steamer itself we get evidently their actual motion relatively to the earth. Thomson and Tait , Nat. Philos., § 45. 2t. The power of moving; ability to change one's position. As long as there is motion in my body, And life to give me words, I'll cry for justice! Fletcher, Val ent in i an, iii. 1. IMG:content-0997.png:[blocks in formation] moth-gnat (môth'nat), n. A dipterous insect of the family Psycho didæ . moth-hawk (môth'hâk), n . The nightjar. moth-hunter (môth'hunter), n. 1. A lepidop- terist.-2. A goatsucker or moth-hawk; any 3. Style or manner of moving; carriage. bird of the family Caprimulgida . See cut under goatsucker.