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The hawthorn.

In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.

acy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison.

A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.

A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1. Milman.

To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. Dryden.

e." Hallam. Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. Hawthorne. -- Mid"dling*ly, adv. -- Mid"dling*ness, n.

To a great degree; very much. Practical jokes amused us mightily. Hawthorne.

"Giants of mighty bone." Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.

o make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. [He] proceeded to mingle another draught. Hawthorne.

changeable; fickle. Testament of Love. The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. Hawthorne.

Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.

See Mohawk.

ry, And in this mood will give us anything. Shak. The desperate recklessness of her mood. Hawthorne.

tufted perennial grass (Sesleria cærulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe. -- Moor hawk (Zoöl.), the marsh harrier. -- Moor hen. (Zoöl.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis). -- Moor monkey (Zoöl.), the black mac…

rom moral bands. Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. Hawthorne.

orbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." Hawthorne.

nderstood. Lev. vii. 16. Till this stormy night is gone, And the eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw.

. -- Mortar board. (a) A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang]

-- used for beds and windows. -- Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels. -- Mosquito hawk (Zoöl.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. -- Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.