molant, molaynet

[ME., also molane, mulan, moleyne; appar. of OF. origin.] A bit for a horse. His molaynes & alle the metail an a may led was thenne. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), l. 169. moları (mo'lar), a. and n. [= F. molaire = Sp. Pg. molar = It. molare , molar is , belonging to a mill; as a noun (sc. lapis ) a millstone, also (sc. dens , tooth) a grinder-tooth; mola , a millstone, in pl. molæ , a mill, molere , grind: see mill1. Cf. mole3, mole4.] I. a. 1. Grinding, triturating, or crushing, as distinguished from cutting, piercing, or tearing, as a tooth.-2. Of or pertaining to a molar or molars: as, molar glands.-3. In entom ., of or pertaining to a mola: as, a molar space or area.Molar glands. See gland . II. n. 1. In an at . , a grinding tooth or grinder; a back tooth; especially, a molar tooth which is not preceded by a milk-molar or milk-tooth: distinguished from premolar , canine , and in cis or. In man there are three true molars on each side of each jaw. The two next to these are called premolars or false molars. The posterior molar is the wisdom - tooth . See dental formula (under dental ) and tooth , and cut under ruminant . 2. In ichth., a tooth which has a rounded or convex surface, as in sparoid fishes, or a flat surface, as in the Myliobatida.-3. In entom., one of the thick internal proce es with a grinding surface found on the mandibles of many insects, near the base. - False molar, a molar which has been preceded by a milk-molar; a prémolar. molar2 (mo'lär), a. [L. moles, a great ma (see mole3 ), + -ar3.] Pertaining to a ma or to a body as a whole; acting on or by means of large ma es of matter; acting in the aggrein contrast to molecular. - Molar force. -yl.] 1. New; fresh. For were it win, or old or moisty ale That he hath dranke, he speketh in his nose. 2. Wet; moist. Chaucer, Prol. to Manciple's Tale, 1. 60. The miste which the moystie hilles did cast forth took not away clerely the vse of the prospect. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, fol. 87. moither, v. See moider.