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[F. mollusque,
L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr.
molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.]
(Zoöl.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also
mollusc.]

Mol"ly (?), n. (Zoöl.)
Same as Mollemoke.

Mol"ly, n. A pet or colloquial
name for Mary.

Molly cottontail. (Zoöl.) See
Cottontail. -- Molly Maguire
(m&adot;*gwīr"); pl. Molly Maguires (-
gwīrz). (a) A member of a secret
association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843,
principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and
preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised
themselves in the dress of women. (b) A
member of a similar association of Irishmen organized in the
anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose
of intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging
themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was
broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876.

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