the Old Bailey. She was
twelve years a courtezan, five years a wife, twelve years a thief, eight
years a convict in Virginia; but ultimately grew rich, and died a
penitent in the reign of Charles II.

[Asterism] Daniel Defoe wrote her life and adventures, which he called
_The Fortunes of Moll Flanders_ (1722).

=Molly=, Jaggers's housekeeper. A mysterious, scared-looking woman, with a
deep scar across one of her wrists. Her antecedents were full of
mystery, and Pip suspected her of being Estella's mother.--C. Dickens,
_Great Expectations_ (1860).

=Molly Maggs=, a pert young housemaid, in love with Robin. She hates
Polyglot, the tutor of "Master Charles," but is very fond of Charles.
Molly tries to get "the tuterer Polypot" into a scrape, but finds, to
her consternation, that Master Charles is in reality the party to be
blamed.--J. Poole, _The Scapegoat_.

=Molly Maguires=, stout, active young men, dressed up in women's clothes,
with faces blackened, or otherwise disguised. This secret society was
organized in 1843, to terrify the officials employed by Irish landlords
to distrain for rent, either by grippers, (_bumbailiffs_),
process-servers, keepers, or drivers (_persons who impound cattle till
the rent is paid_.[TN-17]--W. S. Trench, _Realities of Irish Life_, 82.

=Molly Mog=, an innkeeper's daughter at Oakingham, Berks. Molly Mog was
the toast of all the gay sparks in the former half of the eighteenth
century; but died a spinster at the age of 67 (1699-1766).

[Asterism] Gay has a ballad on this _Fair Maid of the Inn_. Mr. Standen,
of Arborfield, the "enamoured swain," died in 1730. Molly's sister was
quite as beautiful as "the fair maid" herself. A portrait of Gay still
hangs in Oakingham Inn.

=Molly Wilder=, New England girl, who shelters and cares for a young
French nobleman wrecked on the Cape Cod coast. A love affair and a
clandestine marriage follow. The marriage is acknowledged when peace is
established between the French and English.--Jane G. Austin, _A Nameless
Nobleman_ (1881).

=Molmu'tius.= (See MULMUTIUS.)

=Moloch= (_ch = k_), the third in rank of the Satanic hierarchy, Satan
being first, and Be[:e]lzebub second. The word means "king." The rabbins
say the idol was of brass, with the head of a calf. Moloch was the god
of the Am'monites (3 _syl._), and was worshipped in Rabba, their chief
city.

First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice, and p