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Mo*di"o*lar (?), a. [L.
modiolus, dim. of modius the Roman corn measure.]
Shaped like a bushel measure.

||Mo*di"o*lus (?), n.; pl.
Modioli (#). [L., a small measure.] (Anat.)
The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Mod"ish (?), a. According to the
mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable;
hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish
feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address."
Barrow.

-- Mod"ish*ly, adv. --
Mod"ish*ness, n.

Mod"ist (?), n. One who follows
the fashion.

||Mo`diste" (?), n. [F. See
Mode, and cf. Modist.] A female maker of, or
dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress
of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of
dress.

||Mo"di*us (?), n.; pl.
Modii (#). [L.


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