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M O D

'Wrt

Clp,

point.!d, and

cI!ft

:\t

to~ .

T hc hi gh prie:!1:

3mong

[he

] e\\ls' \VOTe a mitre or

bonoee

his he:aJ.

'Theil'lofcrior

pridh

amo:1g (he ] cws' had likcwife thci r

mitres, but in what rc(pcc1 Ihey

dtfr~re4

from th .H o f

the hiCh ·

prícl1is

uncen ain.

SO:'l1C

contcnd lhat che an·

cient birhops ware mitres, bU{ this is

means

ccrt3in.

MITREOLA, in botany . S"eO PHIORRHI7.A .

MITTAU, Iho eapi,,1

the dueh y of Courland, in Po·

land: fitu..ed ín E. long .

2 4°,

N . 1.<.

S6°

40',

MIT

MUS, as generally ured, halh e\Vo fignilic.ltions.

J .

I[ figniGcs a writ for

rc::movins ..

transrerring

oí

records from one

caun

t O

another.

fignifies a

precept, or command in writin6 under lhe hand antl

ft:al of a juftice of [he peace,

dirc~ed

to [he gaoler o r

\teeper of fome prifon, for the reeei v:ng and fafe keep.

ing of an

offende~

ehargcd wi,b any erime uDeil h'e be

delivered by due eour(e of law.

];.fIXT,

MIXT BODY,

chemillry.

that

whicfl is com ·

pounded ofdifferent el ments or prinei pld . See CH E'

MIST a.V.

1111

URE, a eompound. or afl"emblage of fel'eral di l·

ferent bodies in theflmemars .

Sec

CilEM IST RV.

lInZEN , in the fea .language, is a pan icnl.r ma(t

01:

fail.

The mizeo·man O:ands in lite nero mo!l pan of the fi>:p.

In fome great {hips

there

are

twO

thl'!rc ; when

th.u

next

the main -man

is called the maio·Olizeo

and

chat

nex·t the poop the bonaventure,.mize n.

MNIUM. in boeany, a geons of che cryptogamia mnfei

c1afs. The aoth, ,, is opereu la,ed ; and ,he cap ,ulum

of che female is naked, and du!ly . There are

fpe–

cies, 7 of wbich

are

na.tives of

Rriu io.

Pcrp(/uaIMoBILE, or MOVEMENT . See MOV&MENT .

MOCO, or M OCHO, a

gr.at

~ity

and porl-town of A ·

rabia F eli", fitua,ed near the Il(ai,s of BabelmandeJ . at

the entraoee of the R ed· Se. : E. long 4>", N lat,

13·.

MODBURY, • market· towo of D evon!hire, 32 miles

fOUlh ."1I/en of Exeeer.

M O D E, iD metaphyr,es, denote. lhe maoner of a thiog'.

exiílenee. SeeMETAP HYS ICS, p. 179.

MODE,

in mufic,

defined

to be a p \rtlcular mannerof

conllituting the oélave ; or,

the melodious confli·

tmion of lhe oétave, as it

confilts of leven

dfemial

found., befides the key or fundament al.

A mod.e, then, is the particular'order

the

COOCiD~

nous

degrecs of

oéhve ; the fundamental note where·

of may be caBed che key, a. ie fi gni6e,' ,hat principal

note wpieb regulates the reíl.

t.IODEL, in a general renfe, an origioal pattero, pro–

pored

for

any

one

copy

irnil:ne.

This word is partieularly ufed, in bui lding, for an

artificial pattern made in wood, none, plalter,

o–

ther

maner,

with all

iu part!

and

propartioos,

ar–

der for the better eoaduCting and eKecueing fome gr. at

work,

aod

give

an idea of lhe

effe~

it will

have

large. In all greH buildings, ie is mueh ,he furen

way

mak.e a model in

relievo,

and

DO[

t.o trun

to a

bare de{jgn or

da ughr.

M O D ENA. a duehy of l raly. bouoded by [aotua OD

the north, by Romania on ehe•

.,.(!,

by T ufeaay and

Lueea

0 0

the

fo~,h,

aod by P arma and the territory

of Genoa

tbe

w.!l.

111

O H

MOD " ''', :he c>?!t l

l.of

che du ehy of tnat

Olm"

fie u–

atca in

1 JO 2 0'

E . lorg. aod 44° 45' N .

l.lt

MODE RATOR, in the (ohool;. en, perfon who pr.–

Jidc,

a d¡l"pute, or in a public alfembly: ¡hu. eho

prer,dt n, of ,he an.lOll

all'<m~ly

of ,he ehurch oi S eoe–

hnd , is Ityled moderatOr.

M O DERN , in a general fenre, fomeehing nclV. or of

our

dme , in

oppofition to

,\. hat is antique or ancit:nt.

M O DI CA. a eOlVn of Sicily, in ,he provlnee of Noeo,

twcnly ,Gvc mtles

fouth of Syracufc.

MOD1FIC.'\TIO)/. in phtlofophy, tha< whieh modifie.

thing,

givcs it

this

or that

manner of

oeing.

~. ntily

and qualtty are aeeidents which mudifyall

bodles.

lJecru of

:rv~O DIFt C A'tlONJ

S cots litw, a decree

ar~

certaining

the

extent-of

a mtniHer's

ftipcnd,

withotJl

pro·

ponioning it among

the pcrfons

Ii.lble in

pJyment.

See

LAW, , 'it

v. 13 .

MODILL ~ONS.

in arehite[ture, oroanlents in che cor–

oiche of the

Ionie, Cortnthian,

and

COTApofite columns.

S ea

ARCHlTECTU R E.

MODIUS, in an¡iqui,y, a kind of dry ",eafure, in ufe

among

the

Roman" for feveral forts

grajo.

MODULATION, in mufie,- ,he an of keeping in, or

ehan~iog

,he rnode or·key.

MODULE, iD arehitcCtu re, a

eere.io

meafure or bill–

Defs ,

take:n al

pledfore, for

regulating

tbe proportíon!

of eolumos, and .the fymmetry or difpofi,ion of ,he

whole bbildiog. ArehiteCts generally ehufe the femi–

diametcr

of the

bouom

the caJumo for

their

module ,

aod .ehis ,hey fubdivide ineo pans or minuees. See

AR CH ITECTURE.

MOHER ING IA, in botan y, a geou. of the. oéhodria

di¡¡ynia clafs. Tl:e ealix h\s 41eaves, aod the corol–

la 4 petals, and the capfu le eonGíls of ODe eell and 4

valves . T here

but one fpecies, a native of

Swit·

urland.

MOFFAT, a village in the !hire of Annaodal., ,hin

y–

fix miles foutb \Ven of E dinburgh ; famous for itS mi–

neral

wrlls,

one

of which

is ufed for

bathing,

and the

water

(he other is taken

inwardly

T hefe

Water9

are of great fervice

in gríppings

the

2uts,

colies,

and pai ns in che llomaeh. Thof. who are troubled

with

obil:ruél:i~ns,

rheumatic patns, aod aches,

find

great

relief bo,h from baching and drinking ; nor is chis wa·

ter a le(s fovereigJl remedy in fcorbutic cafe!,

and

[he

lr.ing's evil. T hefe wells, io ,he opinioo of D r Plum'

mer, profelfor of medicine io the univerfity

Edin–

burgh, owe

their 'firt ues

fulphureous

principie.

MOGU LS, or MONGU LS .

ho~ rds

or tribe. of vagraot

Tartars. on the

nonh

of India,

from

whom lhe mo·

gul. or foyereigns of.I ndia, as \VeJl as of the

Ulbee·

T artars, are defecnded .

MOH.AIR, in eommeree, the hair o,. a kind of goac,

frcquent about Angoura, io Turky; (he ¡obabillot5

of whieh ei,y are

"JI

employed in che nlaoufaCture o,

cJmblet<;, made of this hair:.

MOHA

\ >J I(

COUNTR Y. a pan of North Ameriea, in–

hlbieed by one of the five naeions of ¡he lroquoi" fi·

t~"ed

be,,,een , he provinee of Ne..., York and che I,k.

Oneario or Frootignae.

lIIOHILA,