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moll


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moll 
  n  :  the  girl  friend  of  a  gangster  [syn:  {gun  moll},  {gangster's 
  moll}] 




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