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Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker.

The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

One who molests.

Troublesome; vexatious. [R.]

Molestation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Moldwarp.

Of great bulk or consequence; very important. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

ossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. Cross moline (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions.

The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians.

A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.

h judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. [Written also moolah.]

Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.

consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [Written also mollebært and mouldebært.] Simmonds.

antic, and several species of Æstrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]

Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

Assuagingly.

Capable of being mollified.