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A donkey. [Cant] Thackeray.

f earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty. Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South.

n engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]

A woman; a female. [Cant] Male gypsies all, not a mort among them. B. Jonson.

s object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W.

A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... "Serve God, and be cheerful." Addison.

rth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large…

er from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]

The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]

A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]

To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar. And then when mumping with a sore leg, ... canting and whining. Burke.

peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.

s estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.

Hence, mercantile business; trading. [Obs.] Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn.

jurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. -- Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] McElrath. -- Negro monkey (Zoöl.), the moor monkey.

One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. [Cant] Arbuthnot.

A potion of spirit drank at bedtime. [Cant] Wright.

A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]

Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor. [Old Cant] 'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman.

Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl.