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ng; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.…

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. They mined the walls. Hayward. Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers... had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavi…

A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.

Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. "Fixed or else mobile." Skelton.

To move. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]

xtended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, perception of movement, and their interconnections), mediated by a patented, standardized system of "didactic apparatus," which is declared to be "auto-regulative." Most of the chief features of the method are borrowed from current methods used…

A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

Towards the morn. [Poetic] And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.

To go, or move (in a certain manner); -- usually with out, off, along, etc. [Colloq.] E. N. Wescott.

ual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed. -- Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother. -- Mother tongue. (a) A language from which another language has had its origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue. -- Mother water.…

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest. Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. Milton.

One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.

A mover. [Obs.]

To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Mo`ti*va"tion (#), n. William James.

That which moves; a mover. [Obs.] Shak.

Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.

A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

A ratchet movement in a loom. Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.