eces of board used on
the mould-loft floors as patterns.

MOUNT, OR MOUNTAIN. An Anglo-Saxon term still in use, usually held to
mean eminences above 1000 feet in height. In a fort it means the
_cavalier_ (which see).

MOUNT, TO. When said of a ship-of-war, implies the number of guns she
carries.--_To mount_, in a military sense, is also to furnish with
horses.

MOUNT A GUN, TO. To place it on its carriage.

MOUNT AREEVO! [Sp. _montar arriba_]. Mount aloft; jump up quickly.

MOUNTEBANK. The _Gammarus arcticus_, or arctic shrimp.

MOURNING. A ship is in mourning with her, ensign and pennant half-mast,
her yards topped awry, or apeek, or alternately topped an-end. If the
sides are painted blue instead of white, it denotes deep mourning; this
latter, however, is only done on the ship where the admiral or captain
was borne, and in the case of merchant ships on the death of the owner.

MOUSE. A kind of ball or knob, wrought on the collars of stays by means
of spun-yarn, higher parcelling, &c. The mouse prevents the running eye
from slipping. (_See_ PUDDENING.) Also, a match used in firing a mine.
Also, a mark made upon braces and other ropes, to show their squaring or
tallying home.--_To mouse a hook_, to put a turn or two of rope-yarn
round the point of a tackle-hook and its neck to prevent its
unhooking.--_To raise a mouse_, to strike a blow which produces a lump.

MOUTH [the Anglo-Saxon _muda_]. The embouchure opening of a port or
outlet of a river, as Yarmouth, Tynemouth, Exmouth, &c.

MOVE OFF, TO. To defile.

MOVER. Synonymous with _motor_.

MOVING SANDS. Synonymous with _quicksands_.

MOWELL. The old English name for _mullet_.

MOYAN. A species of early artillery.

MOYLE, TO. To defile; an old term.

MUCK. _See_ AMOK.

MUD-DRAGS. Implements and machines for clearing rivers and docks.

MUD OR BALLAST DREDGER. A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with
steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful machine for
cutting or scraping, loose gravel banks, &c., are removed from the
entrances to docks and rivers.

MUD-FISH. The _Lepidosiren_, a very remarkable fish of the Gambia and
other African rivers.

MUD-HOLE. An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through
which the deposit is removed from the boilers.

'MUDIAN, 'MUGIAN, OR BERMUDIAN. A boat special to the Bermuda Islands,
usually decked, with the exception of a hatch; from two to twenty tons
burden; it is short, of good beam