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"Section M, N, and O"

See Tooth.


Mo"la*ry (?), a. Same as 2d
Molar.


Mo*lasse" (?), n. [F. molasse,
prob. fr. mollasse flabby, flimsy, fr. L. mollis soft.]
(Geol.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock
occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of
Geology.


Mo*las"ses (?), n. [F.
mélasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg.
melaço, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet,
mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf.
Melasses.] The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid,
uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of
manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice
or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.


Mold (?), n. [See Mole a spot.]
A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.] Spenser.


{ Mold, Mould} (?), n. [OE.
molde, AS. molde; akin to D. mul, G.
mull, mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel.


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