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A man who controls a motor.

Of or pertaining to motorpathy.

Kinesiatrics.

A clump of trees in a prairie. [Local, U.S.]

A mottled appearance.

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." Drayton.

ubject matter; a short, suggestive expression of 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.

Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.

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

A handkerchief.

See Muezzin.

A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]

of May. Might.

The act of uttering the sound of a mouillé letter.

Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ñ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.

To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold. [Obs.] Let us not moulen thus in idleness. Chaucer.

The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.

See Molt.

Having molted. [Obs.] "A moulten raven." Shak.