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"Section M, N, and O"

when
the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as,
molten iron.


2. Made by melting and casting the substance
or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten
image.


||Mol"to (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.)
Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.


Mo"ly (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.]
1. A fabulous herb of occult power, having a
black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by
Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.

Milton.


2. (Bot.) A kind of garlic (Allium
Moly
) with large yellow flowers; -- called also golden
garlic
.


Mo*lyb"date (?), n. (Chem.)
A salt of molybdic acid.


Mol`yb*de"na (?), n. [L.
molybdaena galena, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; lead.] (Min.)
See Molybdenite.


Mo*lyb"de*nite (?), n. [Cf. F.
molybdénite. See Molybdena.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or
scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.


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