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{ ||Mo*hur"rum (?), ||Mu*har"ram (?) },
n. [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden,
n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.] 1.
The first month of the Mohammedan year.
Whitworth.

2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the
Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month
Mohurrum.

Moi"der (?), v. i. To toil.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Moi"dore (?), n. [Pg. moeda
d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and
Aureate.] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s.
sterling.

Moi"e*ty (moi"&esl;*t&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Moieties (-t&ibreve;z). [F.
moitié, L. medietas, fr. medius middle,
half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate,
Mediety.] 1. One of two equal parts; a
half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the
moiety of a jury, or of a nation. Shak.

The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's
subject.


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