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MordaciousMordacious Mor*da"cious, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
morsum, to bite. See Morsel.]
Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv. MordaciouslyMordacious Mor*da"cious, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
morsum, to bite. See Morsel.]
Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv. MordantMordant Mor"dant, a. [F., p. pr. of mordere to bite; L.
mordere. See Morsel.]
1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors. Mordant
Mordant Mor"dant, n. [F., originally, biting.]
1. Any corroding substance used in etching.
2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or
copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic
fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and
thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made
to adhere.
MordantMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. MordantedMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. MordantingMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. Mordantly
Mordantly Mor"dant*ly, adv.
In the manner of a mordant.
O mordaxSmelt Smelt, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery
salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera,
which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a
peculiar odor and taste.
Note: The most important species are the European smelt
(Osmerus eperlans) (called also eperlan,
sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American smelt
(O. mordax), the California smelt (O. thalichthys),
and the surf smelt (Hypomesus olidus). The name is
loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the
lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the
silverside.
2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), the silverside. red mordant Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. Tin mordantTin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.
& Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the
mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white
crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but
brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air,
and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from
rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the
reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze,
speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are
designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum).
Atomic weight 117.4.
2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and
partially refined, but containing small quantities of
various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;
solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also
bar tin.
Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius,
under Fuming.
Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain.
Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so
called when used as a mordant.
Stream tin. See under Stream.
Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a
bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the
crystal granules on each other.
Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf.
Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin
ore.
Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used
as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.
Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to
tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin.
Tin pyrites. See Stannite.
Meaning of Morda from wikipedia
- The
village is
named after the
River Morda, a
tributary of the
River Vyrnwy. The
Morda Valley Prior to 1792,
Morda comprised the
Drill Inn,
perhaps one...
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Bongani Mohosana (born 9 June 1987)
known professionally as
Mörda or
Murdah Bongz, is a
South African DJ and
music producer. He is best
known for being...
- Máel
Mórda and
Sigtrygg was to be
inextricably connected with his
complicated marital relations, in
particular his
marriage to Gormlaith, Máel
Mórda's sister...
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Malachy MacMurrough (Middle Irish: Mael
Mórda mac Murchada;
modern Irish: Máel
Mórda mac Murchada; died 23
April 1014 AD) was King of Leinster, Ireland...
- The
River Morda is a
minor river in
Wrexham County Borough and Powys,
Wales and Shropshire, England,
lying mainly to the south-west of the town of Oswestry...
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Morda Tramway refers to two
industrial railways south of Oswestry, on the
border between England and Wales. They
connected the coal pits
around Morda...
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Morda (4
April 1946 – 27
September 2003) was a
French bobsledder. He
competed in the four man
event at the 1972
Winter Olympics. "Avis de décès
MORDA"...
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Petrus Ua
Mórda (Anglicised:
Peter O'Mordha, (O')More, or (O')Moore) was
Bishop of
Clonfert from
circa 1150 to 1171. He
appears to have been a member...
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Morda Road is a
cricket ground in Oswestry, Shropshire. The
first recorded match on the
ground was in 1964, when
Shropshire pla****
their first Minor Counties...
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alliance comprising the
forces of
Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel
Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a
Viking army from
abroad led by Sigurd...
