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minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

ls, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.

Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore. "Moonlit dells." Lowell.

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

Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]

resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under Moresque.

Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts.

cent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.

To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. As if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson.

ut the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. -- Mourning warbler (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure ye…

from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.

o yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States.…

ine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Illust. of Muscles of the Human Body, in Appendix.

, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.

Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidæ. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.

ecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta. Oxf. Gloss.

A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.

A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.