n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wax. ] An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series, having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, and having a higher boiling point (175 - 325° C) than gasoline or the petroleum ethers, and a lower boling point than the oils. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]