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, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle. Sir T. Browne.

r moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper…

e West Indies. -- Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). -- Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.

A spot; a defilement. The moil of death upon them. Mrs. Browning.

The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.

Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown.

ality of, either for better or worse. Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. Sir T. Browne.

A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

addition; further; besides; again. Yet once more, Oye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. More and more, with continual increase. "Amon trespassed more and more." 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23. -- The more, to a greater degree; by an added quantit…

helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat. A battered morion on his brow. Sir W. Scott.

right colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots.

slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. -- Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. -- Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown…

To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.

A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.

Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

he offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study. Daniel.

on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.