moony, moonen

& s. [Eng. moon; v.] A. As adjective: IMG:content-1386.png:[blocks in formation] "O'er his broad back his moony shield he threw." Pope: Homer's Iliad xi. 672 I. Figuratively: 1. Intoxicated, tipsy. 2. Bewildered, silly; as, an infatuated lover. B. As subst.: A noodle, a simpleton. moôp, v. i. [Prob. the same as MUMP (q. v.).) To nibble as a sheep. (Scotch.) "But aye keep mind to moop an' mell Wi' sheep of credit like thysel'!" Burns: Death of Poor Mailie, IMG:content-1387.png:[blocks in formation] Zool.: Macacus maurus , from Borneo. It is about eighteen inches in length, and of an oily black color, whence its specific name, of which the popular name is a translation. moôr (2), s . [Manx.) An officer in the Isle of Man who summons the court for the several districts or spreadings. ( Wharton .) moôr (3), s . [A. S. mór a moor; cogn. with Icel. mór; O. Dut. maer =mire, dirt; Dan. mor ; O. н. Ger. muor; Ger. moor .] 1. A tract of land consisting of light soil, marshy or peaty, and overgrown with heath. "On the moist moors their jarring voices bent." Spenser: Muiopotmos. 2. A tract of land on which the game is strictly preserved. moor-ball, 8. Bot. (pl.): Conferva ægagropila , found in a compact ball like a sponge at the bottom of fresh-water lakes. It is sometimes used as a pen-wiper. moor-berry, s. Bot.: Oxycoccus palustris . moor-bred, a. Produced or bred on moors "Amongst the teal and moor- bred mallard." Drayton: Barons ' Wars , bk. vi.