movabil1ty, movabilitie

[English movabl(e); -ity.) The quality or state of being movable. "And tho been thilke that stablie been fixed nigh to the first godhed, the i surmounten the order of des tin able mouabilitie."-Chaucer: Boecius , bk. iv. môv-a-ble, move-a-ble, *moe-ble, *me-ble, *mev-a-ble, a . & s. [O. French meuble , mouvable , from Lat. mobilis , from moveo =to move (q. v.).] A. As adjective : 1. Capable of being moved; that may or can be moved, lifted, carried, conveyed, or otherwise shifted from one place to another; susceptible of motion; not fixed; portable. "William even in the neighborhood of cities and palaces, slept in his small moveable hut of wood."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch xvi. IMG:content-1458.png:[blocks in formation] (a) To excite to feelings of anger, to exasperate, to annoy. "The letter moved him."- Shakesp .: Othello , iv. 1. (b) To affect with feelings of tenderne , kindne , or compa ion; to touch. "The king was much moved , and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept."-2 Samuel xviii. 33. (c) To inspire. "Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."-2 Peter i. 21. (d) To affect with feelings of wonder, surprise, or bewilderment; to agitate. "And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?" - Matt . xxi. 10. (2) With a clause or phrase indicating the nature of the feelings aroused. "Then the lord of that servant was moved with compa ion."- Matt . xviii. 27. 5. To excite; to stir up; to rouse; to cause. "Impotent to a degree which moved at once pity and laughter."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng .: ch. xxiii. 6. To propose; to bring forward as a motion for consideration by an a embly; to submit, or offer formally for discu ion; as, to move the adjournment of a meeting. *7. To addre one's self to; to apply to. "The Florentine will move us IMG:content-1459.png:[blocks in formation] marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1460.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1461.png:[blocks in formation] motion, or of changing from one place to another; the state of being in motion; a movement, a mo- tion. Mech.: The powers applied to impart motion to machinery. They are the strength of men or ani- mals, wind, running water, steam, electricity, . moving-stairway, s. An inclined elevator (q. v.). mộv-ing-ly, adv . [English moving ; -ly .] In a moving manner; so as to excite the feelings. "I would have had them writ more movingly." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 1. môv-Ing-ne , s . [Eng. moving; -ne .] The power or state of moving; the quality of exciting emotion. mow (1), *mowe (1), s. [A. S. múga; cogn. with Icel. múga, múgi=a swathe in mowing.] 1. A heap or pile of hay or corn; a stack. 2. A loft or chamber in which hay or corn is stored up. mow (2), *moe, *mowe (2), s. [Fr. moue, from Dut. mou we .] A wry face; a grimace. 1. To cut down with a scythe or mowing-machine. "To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II . , iii. 3. 2. To cut the gra off with a scythe or mowing- machine; as, to mow a meadow. IMG:content-1462.png:[blocks in formation] II. Fig .: To cut down quickly, indiscriminately, """Tis not in me, though favor'd by the sky, To mow whole troops, and make whole armies fly." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xx. 406. B. In trans.: To cut gra by mowing; to use a scythe or mowing-machine. IMG:content-1463.png:[blocks in formation] 1. One who mows; one who cuts (gra , .) with a scythe. "With sweeping stroke the mowers strew the lands. Pope : Homer's Iliad , xviii. 6.1. 2. A mowing-machine. mōwh-ra, moh-wa, moh'-ra, s. (Mahratta.] [BASSIA.] of an octahedron, slightly soluble in boiling water, but insoluble in alcohol and ether. It is tastele ; specific gravity, 1.589 at 135. Heated with water to 140°, it is converted into mucate of ammonia. mu-cāte, s . [Eng. muc(ic); -ate.] Chem.: A salt of mucic acid. mōw'-Ing, pr . par., a. & 8. [Mow (2), v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj.: (See the On being left for some hours, the mixture solidifies verb.) mucedinous lucid filaments, ending in single spores or strings of them, which, separating, lie among the filaments of the mycelium. It contains molds and mildews. Example, the genera Aspergillus and Penecillium, the yeast-plant, . mū-çěá-1-nous, a. [As if from a Lat. mucedino sus, from mucedo (gen it. mucedinis )=mold.] Bot.: Having the nature, character, or appearance of mold or mildew.