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An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.

attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.] Ashmole.

ormula is provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitution of the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which its derivatives are formed.

Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]

A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.

th of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor. With moles . . . would block the port. Rowe. A city . . . besieged and blocked about. Milton.

Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

A bust; a statue. With some antick bustoes in the niches. Ashmole.

f the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry…

A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

An inscription written around anything. [R.] Ashmole.

of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a.

ursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously. Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. Smolett. The whole clan of the enlightened among us. Burke.

s), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]

of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol. The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson.

Joint estate. Smolett.