moll

‖n. [ Ar. maulā, commonly mollāin Turkey. ] 1. One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. [ Written also mullah and moolah. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A title of respect used in Islamic countries for one who is learned in Islamic law; a teacher or expounder of Islamic law. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Moll. ] (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [ Written also mollebaert and mouldebaert. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [ Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. molliens, p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis soft. ] Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Assuagingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being mollified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification. ] The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]