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depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. -- Mo`to*graph"ic (#), a.

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.

Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.

Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.

ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.

ng off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.

pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Harvey.

ss of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.

A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

e jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.

h's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.

disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

th grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so c…

Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically:

sually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.

d origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.

Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. "The queachy fens." "Godwin's queachy sands." Drayton.