MPage 250
- English Word Motley Definition Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
- English Word Motley Definition Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
- English Word Motley Definition Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.
- English Word Motley Definition A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
- English Word Motley Definition Hence, a jester, a fool.
- English Word Motley-minded Definition Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
- English Word Motmot Definition Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.
- English Word Moto Definition Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.
- English Word Moton Definition A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.
- English Word Motor Definition One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
- English Word Motor Definition A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
- English Word Motor Definition Alt. of Motorial
- English Word Motorial Definition Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.
- English Word Motorman Definition A man who controls a motor.
- English Word Motorpathic Definition Of or pertaining to motorpathy.
- English Word Motorpathy Definition Kinesiatrics.
- English Word Motory Definition Alt. of Motorial
- English Word Motte Definition A clump of trees in a prairie.
- English Word Mottle Definition To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
- English Word Mottle Definition A mottled appearance.
- English Word Mottled Definition of Mottle
- English Word Mottled Definition Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood.
- English Word Mottling Definition of Mottle
- English Word Motto Definition A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
- English Word Motto Definition A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
- English Word Mottoed Definition Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.
- English Word Mottoes Definition of Motto
- English Word Motty Definition Full of, or consisting of, motes.
- English Word Mouazzin Definition See Muezzin.
- English Word Mouchoir Definition A handkerchief.