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

t himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton.

erately; as, mortally jealous. Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. Bacon.

small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.

proclaim every one his own goodness." Prov. xx. 6. The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20.

of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.

power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

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.

or consisting of, motes. [Written also mottie.] [Scot.] The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. H. Miller.

or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.

To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]

To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.

Same as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.

A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. Museum beetle, Museum pest. (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.

ry, music, action, and scene into an organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold," "Walküre," "Siegfried," "Götterdämmerung," and "Parsifal."

A projecting 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.

he named the child Ichabod. 1 Sam. iv. 21. Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. Milton.

Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]

Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

o, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.