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‖ [ So named from Angoumois in France. ] (Zool.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. māl spot: cf. E. mole. ] To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious system of Brahmo-somaj. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bromine + iodine + -ism. ] (Med.) Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Photog.) Treated with bromides and iodides. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse. ] 1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cyme + -oid. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a cyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. See Damsel. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Damsel. ] 1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Derm + -oid: cf. F. dermoïde. ] Same as Dermatoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. desmo`s ligament + -oid. ] (Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ect- + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Agrimony. ] Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; insect + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Resembling an insect. -- n. An object resembling an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. épidermoïde. ] (Anat.) Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known, including the rare snail darter (Percina tanasi), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a threatened species. See Darter. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Anat.) The ethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; like a sieve; &unr_; sieve + &unr_; from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal. ] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. franc free + Norm. F. almoigne alma, for almosne, F. aumône. See Frank, a., and Almoner. ] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; ginglymus + e'i^dos form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymoïdal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; in a like case; &unr_; like + &unr_; falling. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
Syn. -- homeotherm. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like + E. thermal. ] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
Syn. -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The process or state of being homoiothermal.
Syn. -- homeothermism, homeothermy. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, of like substance; "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lepisma + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Lepisma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles [ F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel. ] 1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Matrimony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of memoirs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or pl. , n. [ F. mémoire, m., memorandum, fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory. ] 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mes- + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone. -- n. (Anat.) The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To toil. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. moeda d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and Aureate. ] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Moieties [ F. moitié, L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety. ] 1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An indefinite part; a small part. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moiled p. pr. & vb. n. Moiling. ] [ OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F. mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See Mollify. ] To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From Moil to daub; prob. from the idea of struggling through the wet. ] To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moil not too much under ground. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spot; a defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mule a slipper. ] A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [ Written also moyle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Fort.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. Moi^ra. ] (Greek Myth.) The deity who assigns to every man his lot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. Cf. Mohair. ] 1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces; moi`ré. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. 1. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Erroneously, moire, the fabric. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A wavy pattern of lines produced by the superposition of two patterns having closely spaced, often curved, lines, so that the lines of the two patterns intersect at an acute angle. When the superposing patterns are moved relative to the observer or relative to each other, a shimmering effect is produced in which the apparent pattern changes, often producing a pleasing artistic effect. The effect may be seen, for example, when the superposed folds of a sheer fabric, such as a window curtain, are observed with transmitted light.
Syn. -- moire pattern. [ PJC ]

4. (Printing) An interference pattern produced by the dots of a color printing process. [ PJC ]

Moire antique, a superior kind of thick moire. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p.p. of moirer to water (silk, etc.). See Moire. ] Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moiréed p. pr. & vb. n. Moiréeing ] Also . [ F. moiré. ] To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F. ] A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated. [ 1913 Webster ]