Mors – Moultrie
Mors
in Roman mythology, the god
Mortlake
a parish of Surrey, England, formerly famous for its tapestry works; now malting and brewing are the leading industries. It is also a great boating place, the Oxford and Cambridge race being rowed from Putney to Mortlake. It has associations with Archbishops Anselm and Cranmer, the astrol- MORTON oger, Dr. Dee, and Cromwell, Swift, and Stella.
Mosquito
the popular name of various two-winged insects, having a large proboscis, with which they attack man, A MOSQUITO COAST General Gorgas during the excavation o the Panama Canal. See MALARIA.
Most
JOHANN JOSEPH, Germanceæ, or bog mosses.
Mostar
formerly the chief town of Herzegovina, on the Narenta, about 35 miles from the Adriatic, and the terminus of a railway running 27 miles down the valley. It takes its name (Most Star- "old bridge") from a Roman bridge of
Mother-Of-Pearl
in zoölogy and commerce, the internal layer of oyster and other nacreous or pearly shells. In entomology, a moth of the family Botydæ.
Motherwell
a city of Scotland in Lanarkshire, 12 miles S. E. of Glasgow.
It has important iron and steel works, and there are large deposits of coal in the neighborhood. It has many important industrial establishments. Pop. about 40,000.
Motif
a musical term meaning the principal theme on which the movement of a musical composition is constructed, and which, during the movement, is constantly appearing in one or other of the parts, either complete or modified.
Motril
town and port in Granada, Spain, 32 miles S. E. of Granada. Its industries include foundries, sugar refineries, potteries, and soap works. Calahonda and roadstead of Baradero constitute port. Pop. about 20,000.
Motte
FORT, a Revolutionary fort, on the Congaree river, S. C., about 33 Studied in the Conservatory of Vienna,
Moulting
a name for the process by which birds lose some of their feathers, crustaceans cast their cuticular shells, or young insects get rid of their outer husk in metamorphosis. The shedding of the hair in mammals and the sloughing of snakes, etc., are also analogous.
Moultrie
FORT, a defensive work on Sullivan's Island, at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, S. C., celebrated for the repulse of a British squadron commanded by Sir Peter Parker, June 28, 1776.