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[F. mule a
slipper.] A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written
also moyle.]

||Moi"neau (?), n. [F.] (Fort.)
A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong
curtain.

||Moi"ra (moi"r&adot;), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. Moi^ra.] (Greek Myth.) The deity who
assigns to every man his lot.

||Moire (?), n. [F. Cf.
Mohair.] 1. Originally, a fine textile
fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile
fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of
calendering.

2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance
produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.

Moire antique, a superior kind of thick
moire.

||Moi`ré" mé`tal`lique" (?). [F.] A
crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin
plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.

Moist (?), a. [OE. moiste, OF.
moiste, F. moite, fr.

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