moll
3 definitions found
moll - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Moll \Moll\, a. [G., fr. L. mollis soft, tender, elegiac. Cf.
Molle.] (Mus.)
Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.
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Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
by him tauta['u]og.] (Zool.)
An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis
) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish,
salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.]
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moll - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
moll
n 1: the girlfriend of a gangster [syn: moll, gun moll,
gangster's moll]
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