Section M, N, and O

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See Mollah.

Mool"ley (?), n. Same as
Mulley.

Moon (m&oomac;n), n. [OE. mone,
AS. mōna; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG.
māno, G. mond, Icel. māni, Dan.
maane, Sw. måne, Goth. mēna, Lith.
menů, L. mensis month, Gr. mh`nh moon,
mh`n month, Skr. mās moon, month; prob. from
a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. mā to measure), from
its serving to measure the time. √271. Cf. Mete to
measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]
1. The celestial orb which revolves round the
earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light,
borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to
dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160
miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its
mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month,
under Month.

The crescent moon, the diadem of
night.

Cowper.

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