<B>moonshine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) intoxicating liquor made unlawfully or smuggled. <BR> <I>Ex. Moonshine making may be on the rise again, revenue sleuths fear (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) empty talk; foolish talk or ideas; nonsense. <BR> <I>Ex. Making every allowance for Communist statistical moonshine ... (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=moonlight.</B> </DL>
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<B>moonshiner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who distills intoxicating liquor, especially of corn whiskey, contrary to law. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who follows an unlawful trade at night. </DL>
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<B>moonshining, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the unlawful distilling of intoxicating liquor. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with moonshining. </DL>
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<B>moonshiny, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like moonlight. <DD><B> 2. </B>lighted by the moon. <DD><B> 3. </B>unreal. </DL>
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<B>moonship, </B>noun. <B>=mooncraft.</B></DL>
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<B>moon shoot,</B> <B>=moon shot.</B></DL>
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<B>moon shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of launching a rocket or missile toward the moon. </DL>
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<B>moon snail,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a predatory, carnivorous marine snail with a rounded shell; natica. <BR> <I>Ex. The moon snail is a blind creature ... with an immense foot, which it uses effectively in digging and in grasping its prey, while with its radula it drills a neat round hole in the shell (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>moonstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a whitish, translucent gem with a pearly luster. Moonstone is a variety of feldspar. </DL>
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<B>moonstruck, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected in mind, supposedly through the influence of the moon; dazed, crazed, or confused. <BR> <I>Ex. Deform'd in body, and Of moonstruck mind (Robert Bridges).</I> (SYN) lunatic. </DL>
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<B>Moon type,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a system of printing for blind people, the letters being represented by nine basic characters placed in different positions, which may be read by touch. <DD><B> 2. </B>the letters themselves. </DL>
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<B>moonwalk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exploratory walk on the moon's surface. <BR> <I>Ex. During their first moonwalk Captain Cernan and Dr. Schmitt gathered 29 lb. of lunar rock and soil (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>moonwalker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who takes a moonwalk; moon explorer. <BR> <I>Ex. ... Earth's first moonwalker, Neil Armstrong (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>moonward, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> toward the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. The first serious attempts to send rockets moonward were made by the Americans in 1958 (Listener).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> directed toward the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. ... balloon-launched moonward rockets (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>moonwort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any fern of a group having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=honesty </B>(def. 3). </DL>
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<B>moony, </B>adjective, <B>moonier,</B> <B>mooniest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or belonging to the moon. <DD><B> 2. </B>like the moon; crescent-shaped; round. <BR> <I>Ex. ... nor lift the moony shield (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>mooning; dreamy; listless. <BR> <I>Ex. moony dreamings over inscrutable beautiful eyes (George Meredith).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>illuminated by the moon; moonlit. <DD><B> 5. </B>resembling moonlight. </DL>
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<B>moor</B> (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to put or keep (a ship or boat) in place by means of ropes or chains fastened to the shore or to anchors. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship was moored in the harbor to unload cargo.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to fix firmly; secure. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to tie up a ship or boat. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to be made secure. </DL>
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<B>moor</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>open wasteland, especially if heather or coarse grasses grow on it; heath. <BR> <I>Ex. Wind and mist blew across the stark moor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a game preserve consisting of such land. </DL>
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<B>Moor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Moslem people of mixed Arab and Berber stock living in northwestern Africa. The Moors invaded and conquered Spain in the 700's A.D. They were driven out in 1492. <BR> <I>Ex. Under the Moors, Spain became more civilized than most other European countries (Walter C. Langsam).</I> </DL>
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<B>moorage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mooring or being moored. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place for mooring. <DD><B> 3. </B>the charge for its use. </DL>
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<B>moorberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=bilberry.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small cranberry. </DL>
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<B>moor cock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the male red grouse. </DL>
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<B>moorfowl, </B>noun. <B>=red grouse.</B></DL>
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<B>moor hen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the female red grouse; gorhen. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various wading birds, such as the gallinule, rail, and coot. </DL>
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<B>mooring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of tying up or securing a ship or boat. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>moorings.</B> a place where a ship or boat is or may be tied up. <DD><B> 3. </B>Also, <B>moorings.</B> (Figurative.) anything to which a person or thing is attached or fastened. <BR><I>expr. <B>moorings,</B> </I>ropes, cables, or anchors by which a ship or boat is made fast. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship snapped its moorings and drifted away.</I> </DL>
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<B>mooring mast</B> or <B>tower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mast or tower to which an airship can be moored. </DL>
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<B>moorish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a moor. <DD><B> 2. </B>full of moors; covered with moors. <BR> <I>Ex. moorish hills.</I> </DL>
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<B>Moorish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of the Moors. <DD><B> 2. </B>in the style of the Moors. </DL>
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<B>moorland, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><I>noun </I> land covered with heather; moor. <BR> <I>Ex. ... opportunities for studying the ecology of moorlands (A. W. Haslett).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of moorland. </DL>
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<B>moorwort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a low evergreen shrub of the heath family, growing chiefly in bogs in north temperate regions. </DL>
<B>moose, </B>noun, pl. <B>moose.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large cud-chewing animal of the same family as the deer, living in wooded areas of Canada and the northern part of the United States. The moose is a mammal, the male of which has a heavy build, large head, and broad antlers. <DD><B> 2. </B>the European elk. </DL>
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<B>moosewood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, slender maple tree having a green bark with white stripes. </DL>
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<B>moot, </B>adjective, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that is doubtful or debatable; that can be argued. <BR> <I>Ex. a moot point.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring forward (a point, subject, question, or case) for discussion. <BR> <I>Ex. The project of this conference was first mooted about two years ago (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to argue, discuss, or debate (a point, subject, question, or case). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to argue; dispute. <DD><B> 2. </B>to debate a hypothetical case of law, as was done by students in the Inns of Court. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(in early English history) an assembly of the people of an administrative division for discussing local judicial and political affairs. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a discussion of a hypothetical law case by students for practice. <DD><B> b. </B>a hypothetical case that may be used for this. noun <B>mooter.</B> </DL>
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<B>moot court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mock court held in a law school to give students practice. </DL>
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<B>moot hall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in early English history) a hall in which a moot was held. </DL>
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<B>mop</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>mopped,</B> <B>mopping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bundle of coarse yarn, rags, cloth, or the like, or a sponge, fastened at the end of a stick, for cleaning floors, dishes, or other things. <BR> <I>Ex. The janitor pushed a mop over the dirty floor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thick, tangled, or unruly mass. <BR> <I>Ex. a mop of hair not a little resembling the shag of a Newfoundland dog (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various small instruments resembling a mop, especially one used in surgery to apply medicated fluids or to remove infected matter. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to wash or wipe up; clean with a mop. <BR> <I>Ex. to mop the floor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to wipe sweat or tears from. <BR> <I>Ex. He mopped his brow.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to use a mop. <BR><I>expr. <B>mop up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to clean up with a mop. <DD><B> b. </B>(Informal.) to finish. </I> <I>Ex. Tom ... will follow the fireballer, and Johnny Sain will mop up (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Military.) to clear out or rid (an area) of scattered or remaining enemy troops. <BR> <I>Ex. The mopping up, after an unexpected quick victory ... , may be long and difficult (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>mop</B> (2), verb, <B>mopped,</B> <B>mopping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a wry face; grimace. <DD><I>noun </I> a grimace. <BR><I>expr. <B>mop and mow,</B> </I>to make faces; grimace. <BR> <I>Ex. At the circus, the clowns mopped and mowed.</I> </DL>
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<B>mopani, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a medium-sized tree of the pea family found in tropical Africa, used for lumber and as a source of copal. </DL>
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<B>mopboard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a baseboard. </DL>
