Mokim
RANDOLPH HARRISON, which several were killed. Mackenzie clergyman and writer; born in 1842 in and others effected their escape and took Baltimore, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1861. He served with the Confederates in the Civil War, becoming deacon in 1864 and priest in 1866. He was assistant at Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, and later rector of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va. (1867- 1875), Holy Trinity Church, Harlem, New York City (1875-1886). In 1889 he became rector of Epiphany Church, Washington. His works include: "Vindication of Protestant Principles" (1879), "Future Punishment" (1883), "Present- Day Problems of Christian Thought" (1900), "Catholic Principles and the Change of Name" (1913), "The Soul of Lee" (1918). He died in 1920. McKINLEY, MOUNT, highest peak in North America, situated in central Alaska, about 150 miles N. of Cook Inlet. It is estimated to be about 20,500 feet in height. Its summit was first reached in 1912 by Belmore Browne and Prof. Herschell C. Parker.
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Molay
JACQUES DE (mo-lā'), the last grand-master of the Knights Templars; born in Burgundy. y. Phillipe le Bel, King of France, and Pope Clement V., formed a plan for the extermination of the Templars, who were accused of heresy, impiety, and various crimes. In October, 1307, all the Templars throughout France were arrested at the same hour, and they were tried and convicted. Fifty-seven were committed to the flames in 1311; and after an imprisonment of seven years, De Molay shared their fate at Paris, March 18, 1314. Many commanderies of the modern Knights Templar in the United States are named after him.
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Moldavia
formerly an indepen ent state, but since Dec. 23, 1861, joined with Wallachia, the two forming the modern state of Rumania, of which it forms the northern part. It is 14,759 square miles in area and has a population of about 2,145,000.
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Molding
or MOULDING, in architecture, a term applied to all the varieties of outline or contour given to the angles of the various subordinate parts and features of buildings, whether projections or cavities, such as cornices, capitals, bases, door or window jambs and heads, etc. There are eight sorts of regular moldings; viz. the ovolo, the talon, the cyma, the cavetto, the torus, the astragal, the scotia, and the fillet. The ovolo and talon, from their peculiar form, seem intended to support other important moldings or members; the cyma and cavetto, being of weaker contour, should only be used for the cover or shelter of other parts; the torus and astragal, bearing a resemblance to a rope, appear calculated to bind and fortify the parts to which they are applied; the use of the fillet and scotia is to separate one molding from another, and to give a variety to the general profile. In joinery: A mode of ornamentation by grooved or swelling bands, or forms following the line of the object. In mining, the ore found on the top of veins near the surface of the ground. In shipbuilding, giving the correct outline and depth to ship's timbers, etc.; it is one part of the operation of forming.
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Mole
in zoology, the genus Talpa, and specially T. europea, the common mole, about six inches in length (including the tail, rather more than an inch; the body is cylindrical, muzzle long and pointed, eyes minute; no ear conches; the fore-feet broad and fossorial, hind-feet long and narrow. Fur, black, soft and velvety with grayish tinge. The normal food of the mole is the earthworm. Geographical range, from England to Japan. Moles, the family Talpidæ. In husbandry, a cylindrical plug of iron three or four inches in diameter, and with a sharp point, drawn or driven through the subsoil to make a drain.
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Mole Cricket
in entomology, any individual of the genus Gryllotalpa. It is about an inch and a half long, dark brown in color. In the forelegs there is a strong analogy with the moles. Lands infested by the mole cricket are recognizable by the vegetation, which is yellow and withered, from the roots being eaten off by the insect in its burrowing operations not for food, as its diet is chiefly underground insects and worms. It flies occasionally in the evening, and produces a note somewhat like like that of the goatsucker.
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Molech
or MOLOCH (mo'lok), a heathen deity chiefly mentioned in the Old Testament as the national god of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed by fire.
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Moleskin
a strong twilled cotton fabric (fustian), cropped or shorn before dyeing; much used for workmen's clothing. So called from its being soft, like the skin of a mole. In the United States the word is also applied to the padded breeches made of moleskin which are worn by football players. The name has also been used to describe a kind of broadcloth.
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Molesworth
MRS. (MARY LOUISA STEWART), an English writer; born of Scotch parentage in 1842 in Holland. Her first attempts were published when she was only sixteen. Her first complete works were written under the pseudonym of "Ennis Graham," when she was about 24. They were the novels: "Lover and Husband"; "She was Young and He was Old"; "Not Without Thorns"; "Cicely"; and several years later "Hathercourt Rectory"; and "Miss Bouverie." When she was about 30 she began to write for children and was at once successful. Her children's stories included: "Tell Me a Story" (1875); "Carrots" (1876); "Tapestry Room" (1879); "Her Baby" (1881); "Rectory Children" (1890); "The Green Casket" (1890); "Children of the Castle" (1890); "The Magic Nuts" (1898); "The Grim House" (1899); "This and That."
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Moline
a city in Rock Island co., the Burlington route, the Chicago, Milwau- Ill., on the Mississippi river, and on kee, and St. Paul, and the Chicago, Rock railroads; 178 miles W. Island and Pacific of Chicago. It contains electric light and gas plants, electric railroads, public lischool, and National banks; brary, high sch and has manufactories of organs, elevatord machinery, plows, wagons, steam engines, carriages, pumps, malleable iron, paper, screws, castings, etc. In stoves, ves, the vicinity of Moline are highly productive coal mines. Pop. (1910) 24,119; (1920) 30,734.
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