- Snow Maiden, what has happened? It is the second day I see you walking waist naked…
- The matter is that my Father Frost has lost his beard…
- Well, what next?
- That is why I am walking naked , so that nobody can notice this fact…
v. (-ies, -ied) 1 a cause (a person) to feel shamed, humiliated, or sorry. B wound (a person's feelings).
- bring (the body, the flesh, the passions, etc.) Into subjection by self-denial or discipline.
- (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. mortification n. Mortifying adj. [latin: related to *mortician]
MORTISE
(also mortice) —n. Hole in a framework designed to receive the end of another part, esp. A tenon. —v. (-sing) 1 join securely, esp. By mortise and tenon.
- cut a mortise in. [french from arabic]
- lock n. Lock recessed in the frame of a door etc.
MOSELLE
n. Dry white wine from the moselle valley in germany.
MOTHERS
day n. Day when mothers are honoured with presents, (in the uk) the fourth sunday in lent, (in the us) the second sunday in may.
MOULDER
v. (us molder) 1 decay to dust.
- (foll. By away) rot or crumble.
- deteriorate. [from *mould3]
MOUNTIE
n. Colloq. Member of the royal canadian mounted police. [abbreviation]
MOURNER
n. Person who mourns, esp. At a funeral.
MOVABLE
adj. (also moveable) 1 that can be moved.
- variable in date from year to year (movable feast). [related to *move]
MUDFLAP
n. Flap hanging behind the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent splashes.
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