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Mol"ly-mawk` (?), n.
(Zoöl.) See Mollemoke.

Mo"loch (?), n. [Heb. molek
king.] 1. (Script.) The fire god of the
Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech.
Also applied figuratively.

2. (Zoöl.) A spiny Australian
lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous
spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

Mo*losse" (?), n. See
Molossus.

Mo*los"ses (?), n. Molasses.
[Obs.]

Mo*los"sine (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

||Mo*los"sus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;,
prop., Molossian, belonging to the Molossians, a people in the
eastern part of Epirus.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot of
three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]

Molt (?), obs. imp. of
Melt. Chaucer.


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