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MOST a. 4 definitions
reatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness." Prov. xx. 6. The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20.
MOSTAHIBA n.
See Mustaiba.
MOSTE n.
of Mote. Chaucer.
MOSTIC; MOSTICK n.
A painter's maul-stick.
MOSTLY adv.
For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.
MOSTRA n.
See Direct, n.
MOSTWHAT adv.
For the most part. [Obs.] "All the rest do mostwhat far amiss." Spenser.
AFTERMOST a. 2 definitions
Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
AFTMOST a.
Nearest the stern.
ALMOST adv.
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.
BETTERMOST a.
Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
DEMOSTHENIC a.
Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.
DERMOSTOSIS n.
Ossification of the dermis.
EASTERNMOST a.
Most eastern.
ENDMOST a.
Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor.
ENTOMOSTRACA n.
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
ENTOMOSTRACAN a. 2 definitions
Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n.
ENTOMOSTRACOUS a.
Belonging to the Entomostracans.
FARMOST a.
Most distant; farthest. A spacious cave within its farmost part. Dryden.
FARTHERMOST a.
Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
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