339 / 868
1\1
o s
( 3
(2 )
}\[ O V
This
crc lture,
wh:o full Rrown, ís thre! fcct il1length,
frOIll lhe
tip
of lhc nofe lO lhe ru :-np
j
[he:
h-.:~d
is
ub·
long. anJ lhe anterior parl mllch hk< [he
grcy~,ollnd
;
tht! cars
ar~
laroe and
cr~tl,
lhey
n!rcm~11!
thofe ofdl.:
rAb~i[,
anJ u ; equal in h:ngth
tO
che
di;¡nl~ter
of tlle
forch(ad; th<! ud 1S
001 mo:-C
than two ¡oches in
lcngl h, anJ
[I,e
creature al ways carries
tt
crea;
lhe
bo¿y is lolerahly fl,O, y. aocl roundcd; Ihe logs .bo\lI
• foot in length, and vc'y robull; Ihe feet d«ply di·
vided, each
iOlo
[\Va c1aws in lhe anterior
pan,
and
a, Inao}"
hcds bchind. l.'h.::
(Uf
on
th: heau 3nd that
011
the legs is .bout half an ineh long. Iha! on Ihe belly
is ao ¡neh ítnd a half. and
(hal
which grow:!I
on
lhe:
back -duce ¡oches ; lhefe hairs are: thicker than in any
o:her kno""n animal. and are viHieg.Hcd. from the
haCe to [he extremity, with di:1io ..
'l
(p.lCtS
of
uro
\VD
.nc! whit<. The vencl or bag in which the perfume
called
Dlu!1(
is containeJ, is threc toches
!ong
and
lWO
bro.d. and h ¡ngs ",nder the belly, proluberating ne..
three qu.trters of an ineh beyond the furface.
lt
is
a
:uive of
T
.lrt:uy
-2 .
Thc
grimmia has
a
protuberant
bel t upon ils head••n:l is found in Afriea.
'3 .
The
pygrmcus has feet narro\Ver tholO
l
man's finger.
It
is
found in Afia and Guinea.
M OSCO\I<l, the ca pital of th< province of the fame
n¡me
in Murcovy, (ituHed on the river J\1ofcowa,
360
miles fouth·c.(l of Peterfburg :
E .
long.
38°, N.
lat. 55° 45'·
MOSCOW .'\, • river whieh rifes in the we(l p.trt of Ihe
provinee of M ofeo", aod falls into Ihe river O ck. at
Kolomn• .
M OSELLE, a riyor of Germany, whieh rifes in the
mountains of Vauge,
in
Lorrttin, and, . running lhro'
that duehy and the
eleétor.teof Triers, f, lIs into the
Rhine at Cob!entz.
MOSKITO, a eoun"y of North Ameriea, fituated be–
tWteO
85°
.nd
83°
of wdl longitude, and betwee.
13°
aad
15°
of
nonh lati1ude; ha fing the: nonh fea
on
the nonh and
e;1 (l,
Nicuagua
On
{he fouth,
and
Honduras
0 0
the
wen.
MOSPURG, or MOSBURG, • rown of Germ...
y,
in Ihe
circle of Bavaria, Gtuated at lhe confluence of the rirers
I f.r and Amburg, Ihirty miles north ·..ll of Munieh.
!'vIOSQ!!E, a lemple, o r
pl.eeof religious worfbip, a·
m(lng
the M.lhometans.
AII
mof'lues are fquare buildings,
~oner1lJy
built
with (lone. B <fore ,he ehicf gate Ihere' is.
f~uare
coun, pavcd with white: marble; 2nd low galle:ries
10"nd it. whnfe roof is fupportcd by marble pillars.
l o
Ihefe E,lIeries Ihc Tu,ks
w.fhth<mfelv.. before
. hey go iOlo the mofque . In .3ch mofque Iher. is •
Ereal numbcr of lamps; aocl betwttn thefe hang
many cr )
'n.tlriogs, ollrichcs egCs, aod olher curiofi·
ties, which when the lamps are lighted Olake a fine
ihew. As it is not Iawful to eoter the mofques with
{hoes or rlockiogs
00,
lhe paveme:nts are
co\·~rcd
\Vith
pieee, of fluir fe\ved together, eaeh being \Vide enough
tO
hold a row of
m~n kt1~eling.
fitting, or pro(lrale.
1 'he women are not all owed to enter lhe mof'lu\!, but
lhy
in Ihe
PO!
ches wilhou \. About every mof'luc
there are
(jx
hi~h
tOw:rs,
CJII.:d
mjnar~t!,
ea:h oí
which
Il.l!
thrce: l!lll e:
op~n
gallerícs, one a:"ove ano ..
th:!(: lh .!(e towcrs,
:\<;
wcil
as the mofques, are: co.
v::rl!d wlt h
Ic.-\d, and
adorne:d
wlth gildlOg
and othcr
orOolOlenlS ; aotl (rom t:lcncc, inlledd of a beJl, lh\!
peopl, are called 'o proy. " by
eert.inolliec" appointed
for thal purp"I<. M ol! of the mofques have a kiod of
hofpi{al 'uelonging
tO
them,
io which
tra"e:lJers~
of
what religioo focver . i\re
ent~rtaine:d
during thrce days.
E.ehmol~ue
has . Ifo a
pl.eee.lled T arbe, wh¡eh i,
the burying. placc of
ilS
foundcrs; within which is
a
(omu
(jx
or
JC\'cn
fecl long, covered with green vc:lvet
or
(~lttin;
at lhe: cnds of which
are
two lapers,
amJ
round it
fe\'"cral
fe,ils for lhore who rcad the koran
.nd
pray
for ,he fouls of the deceafed.
MOSS, in botany. See Mu.s cu •.
Moss is alCo a name given lO boggy grouocfs in many
parts of the kingdom. The(e eonfill of . turfy (urfaee,
below which is a black. moifl , fpongy eanh, whieh
being
dug up with fpadcs fomewh:n
in
(he form of
brieks,
and
dried, is \VhO! Iheyeall pc..s, ufed
IS
fue l
in fever31 parts; and the urper fcud, being
cut ami
dried,
m:tk~s
torfs, anothcr coal flr fon of
focl.
MOSTRA, in the
¡ ..
Ii.n mufoe, a mark
ot
the end of
a hne or fpOlce,
lO
O,ew (hat the: firH note! of lhe ne:xt
Jine is io that place: :md if this note ·be accompanied
with a
fh.rpor Il.t, it is proper to place thefe eharae–
ters along wilb the mollr•. .
M OTACILLA,
i.
orni,hology, a genus of birds, of
the order of the pafrere•• dillingui!hed by a lIraight
beilk,
of
a
fuhu lated figure, and
a
lacerated t0!lgue.
The!'e
are
49
fpeeics belonging 'o ,his genus, moll of
whieh f..d upoo infcét., and migra te from Ibe north
to lhe fomhun couotrie:s
in
ordt!r tO procure: fubG6
ficoce
in
wiOler.
MOTE,
in
law· book~,
fignines court or con\'eotion; as
a ward·mole, bur&h.mote. fwain·motc,
ve.
MOTH, in zoology. S,e· PHALA:NA.
MOTHER, a term of relation,
denolin~
• woman \\ ho
halh born a child.
MOTION, is defined lO be Ihe con:inued .nd (uee.,¡live
ch.nge of place. See MEcHAN'cs.
.
MOTTO,
in armoury,
a
fllOrt
fentence or phrafe carncd
in
a
fcroll, generally under,. but fomelimcs OVe!r the:
arn,,; Cometimes alluding to the: beariog,
fometim.~s.
tO
the
name
of lhe bl!are:r,
and
Come times
cont:.HOIog:
wha tever
pIcafes
the
fan~y
of
the de., iCer.
M OVEABLE, in general, der.ote' any Ihing eap.ble of
beiog moved.
M OVEA8LIi
Subjrn~
iD
Seots
law,
any
thi~~
that mo.ves
itfdf or can be mo\'ed· in con1.1 adi!tlrlé1ion tO
1m·
mO\'e'able or heretable fu bjc::éts,
3:;
JaoJs, houfes,
6~,
St'e
LAW,
Tic ix 2.
l\lOVEl\lENT, in mech.nies . a machine IhJl is moved
by c1oek·work. See VVATe,..
p(l'P<lu~1
MOVHH 'T. Sorne h¡vc .\tcmroed to Gnd
a pcrpelual mOT'emc:nt, bm wilhelUt fueccfs
i
Incllh.erc
is reaCon
to
Ihink, (roln the principies or
med~a:OIcs,
that fueh a mOfement is impoffil: le: for though In
~¡ .
ny
".res
of bodics .(ling ,,\,on
O!le
anolller, there
IS."
gam