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To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. Hitchcock.

marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. -- Moor cock (Zoöl.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. -- Moor coot. (Zoöl.) See Gallinule. -- Moor fowl. (Zoöl.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus). (b) The European heath grouse. See under H…

guous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. -- Mountain cock (Zoöl.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie. -- Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. -- Mountain crystal. See under Crystal. -- Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba…

A woodcock.

The cock of a gunlock. Knight.

To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram.

A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] Cockeram.

e of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock (Zoöl), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.] -- Spoon oar, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing. -- To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat. -- To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t.…

A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. Mortimer.

To ride about. [Obs.] -- Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion, n. [Obs.] Cockerman.

To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.

The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] Cockeram.

An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.

An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] Cockeram.

That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.

The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.