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Simmonds.


Mol"le*moke` (?), n. [Sw.
mallemucke the stormy petrel.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as
Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species
of Æstrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See
Fulmar.
[Written also mollymawk, malmock,
mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]


Mol"lient (?), a. [L. molliens,
p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis soft.]
Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.


Mol"lient*ly, adv.
Assuagingly.


Mol"li*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being mollified.


Mol`li*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL.
mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.] The act of
mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.

Chaucer.


Mol"li*fi`er (?), n. One who, or
that which, mollifies.
Bacon.


Mol"li*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.


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