n. [ L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft. ] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emolliated p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating. ] [ See Emollient, a. ] To soften; to render effeminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify. ] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. “Emollient applications.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ G., fr. L. mollis soft, tender, elegiac. Cf. Molle. ] (Mus.) Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. maulā, commonly mollāin Turkey. ] 1. One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. [ Written also mullah and moolah. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A title of respect used in Islamic countries for one who is learned in Islamic law; a teacher or expounder of Islamic law. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Moll. ] (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [ Written also mollebaert and mouldebaert. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [ Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. molliens, p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis soft. ] Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Assuagingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being mollified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification. ] The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mollified p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying ] [ F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v. t., and -fy. ] 1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Moline. ] A little mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mollis soft + pilosus hairy. ] (Zool.) Having soft hairs; downy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., softness. ] (Med.) Unnatural softness of any organ or part. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mollitudo, fr. mollis soft. ] Softness; effeminacy; weakness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. See Mollusk. ] (Zool.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, a phylum including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Pelecyopoda (syn. Bivalvia, formerly called Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera). These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ Formerly the Brachiopoda, Bryzoa, and Tunicata were united with the Lamellibranchiata in an artificial group called Acephala, which was also included under Mollusca. See Molluscoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to mollusks. -- n. A mollusk; one of the Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mollusca + -oid. ] (Zool.) Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. -- n. One of the Molluscoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Molluscoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Mollusk, and -oid. ] (Zool.) A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Originally the Tunicata were included under Molluscoidea, from which they are known to differ widely in structure and embryology. Molluscoidea were formerly considered a subdivision of Mollusca, but they are now known to have more relationship with Annelida than with Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Molluscan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Mollusk. ] (Med.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify. ] (Zool.) One of the Mollusca. [ Written also mollusc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Mollemoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pet or colloquial name for Mary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Molly cottontail. (Zool.) See Cottontail. --
Molly Maguire pl. Molly Maguires (a) A member of a secret association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. (b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organized in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To pamper or coddle. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Mollemoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ramollir to make soft, to soften; pref. re- re- + amollir to soften; a (L. ad) + mollir to soften, L. mollire, fr. mollis soft. ] A softening or mollifying. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remolliens, p. pr. of remollire to mollify: cf. F. rémollient. See Mollient. ] Mollifying; softening. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]