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moll

mɑl
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Cartoon in which English scientist John Dalton (left) thanks the Dutch astronomer Gerrit Moll (right) and shakes hands, at the Royal Institution in London.
Cartoon in which English scientist John Dalton (left) thanks the Dutch astronomer Gerrit Moll (right) and shakes hands, at the Royal Institution in London.
  1. (n) moll
    the girlfriend of a gangster
Illustrations
Portrait of Jan Gysbert Moll, Reformed minister and court chaplain in The Hague, with his hand on the Bible. Below the portrait a six-line verse in Dutch.
Portrait of Jan Gysbert Moll, Reformed minister and court chaplain in The Hague, with his hand on the Bible. Below the portrait a six-line verse in Dutch.
Portrait of Jan Gysbert Moll, Reformed minister and court chaplain in The Hague, with his hand on the Bible.
Portrait of Jan Gysbert Moll, Reformed minister and court chaplain in The Hague, with his hand on the Bible.
Italian landscape with the Ponte Molle. A man and a woman rest their mounts on the bank. An ox cart comes across the road.
Italian landscape with the Ponte Molle
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Moll
    (Mus) Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) moll
    A familiar form of the feminine name
  2. (n) moll
    [l. c] A female companion not bound by ties of marriage, but often a life-mate: a word in common use among navvies, costermongers, and the like.
  3. moll
    In music, minor: as, C moll, or C minor.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Moll
    mol a familiar form of Mary: a concubine.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary G., fr. L. mollis, soft, tender, elegiac. Cf. Molle

Usage in the news

Moll Demoted For Packers' Season Finale. kolotv.com

It looks like Tony Moll is out of the starting job in Green Bay. kolotv.com

Moll benched, Colledge to right tackle. greenbaypressgazette.com

Mexico President Helps Open Moll Facility Nov 21, 2005 Printable format Email this Article Search. appliancemagazine.com

Michele Elizabeth Moll and Peter John "Mark" Markow III were married in a 6 pm ceremony June 12, 2004, at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. standard-democrat.com

And Thomas Allen Moll of Fort Smith, Ark. standard-democrat.com

Packers' Tony Moll Gets Tryout at RT. todaystmj4.com

Tony Moll was supposed to be a project when the Green Bay Packers took him in the fifth round of the 2006 draft. todaystmj4.com

Fort Wayne (Indiana's NewsCenter)- He was key part of the Komets championship run but Bryant Molle won't be back for another season with the Orange and Black. indianasnewscenter.com

Ryan Moll of Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Takes the Oath. 1063thebuzz.com

Justin Moll, vice president, US market development, Pixus Technologies, www.pixustechnologies.com. ecnmag.com

University of Toledo senior linebacker Dan Molls has been named Capital One first-team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America. toledoblade.com

Molls, who leads the nation with 166 tackles, has a 3.61 grade-point average in exercise science. toledoblade.com

Now that Foo Fighters' James Moll-directed doc Back and Forth has won the Grammy for best longform video, frontman Dave Grohl is getting behind the camera for his own passion project. hollywoodreporter.com

USS Cape St George, Kenneth Moll, US Navy, Getty Images. k2radio.com

Usage in scientific papers

M. Moll, "Radiation damage and annealing in view of QA aspects," presented at the 1ST workshop on quality assurance issues in silicon detectors, CERN, May 2001.
Characterization of Prototype BTeV Silicon Pixel Sensors Before and After Irradiation

Moll, R. Puzniak, F. Balakirev, K. Rogacki, J. Karpinski, N. D. Zhigadlo, and B.
Interplay of composition, structure, magnetism, and superconductivity in SmFeAs1-xPxO1-y

Moll, ”Elliptic Curves”, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Relativistic Orbits and the Zeros of $\wp(\Theta)$

So far ram-pressure stripping (Domainko et al. 2006), quiescent and starburst-driven winds (Kapferer et al. 2006), galaxy interactions (Kapferer et al. 2005) and AGN outflows (Moll et al. 2006) have been taken into account – all of them can be switched and on and off individually.
Metal Enrichment in the Intra-Cluster Medium

Moll, “Hot carriers in Si and Ge Detectors,” J.
Correlation effects in sequential energy branching: an exact model of the Fano statistics

Usage in literature

The question naturally arises, Was "Old Moll" Mr. Woodbury's wife? "The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements" by Henry M. Brooks

Let it be an agreement that you praise my Poll, and I'll praise your Moll. "The Lonely Island" by R.M. Ballantyne

Mother Moll, the settlement witch, would tell her if Daddy Skinner were in danger. "Tess of the Storm Country" by Grace Miller White

Madcap Moll tossed her curls. "Terribly Intimate Portraits" by Noël Coward

I called Abram and asked him if he hadn't better saddle old Moll and ride over and see if he couldn't help whoever was in trouble. "Aunt Jane of Kentucky" by Eliza Calvert Hall

Nell Gwynne and Moll Davis were noted for the dancing of Jigs. "The Works of Aphra Behn" by Aphra Behn

Yes, I do know just hereabout of two Or three folk that have learnt what Moll can do. "The Children's Garland from the Best Poets" by Various

It set me thinking about what a moll the fellow was in that cave business. "The Kopje Garrison" by George Manville Fenn

At the date of this picture, it is thought he had been succeeded by his widow, Moll King, also of scandalous repute. "All About Coffee" by William H. Ukers

MOLL and Gayot, on cattle, i. "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)" by Charles Darwin

Usage in poetry
HARRY.
Oh--'twas blear-eyed Moll
The collier woman,--a great ugly woman,
I've heard of her.
"English Eclogues II - The Grandmother's Tale" by Robert Southey Author object (573)
"Pazzi e poeti--sono sinonimi!
"Tu della Musa--ti lagni, il ciglio
"Ancor molle hai di pianto....
"Ed hai creato un canto!
"Anacreonte" by Ferdinando Fontana Author object (207)
I dare say Meg or Moll would take
Pity upon you, if you'd ask:
And pray don't remain single for my sake
Who can't perform the task.
"No, Thank You John" by Christina Georgina Rossetti Author object (113)
Jim was known the dames as 'Big Boy,
Of Molls, he had six of the best,
With six it was heaven... he could have had seven,
But on Sunday he needed a rest.
"A Tale Of The Rockies" by Billy Bennett
Pat Murphy's boy Tim, that married Moll Casey,
Lives on the Barcoo that's away in the bush.
Himself and the wife, why they lived mighty aisy,
Till one day on Tim, oh, the blacks they did rush.
"Paddy's Letter, 1857" by Anonymous Oceania
But Frank must home, and dine, and be prepared
Service to do with Moll; for old and young,
His neighbours round, from village and from farm
Invited, hold this night upon the lawn
The Annual Strawberry Feast of Sylvan Lodge.
"Fitte The Second" by Thomas Aird