Chapter Mooned to Mora of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Moot
(Moot) v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case.

There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.

B. Jonson.

Moot
(Moot), n. [AS. mot, gemot, a meeting; — usually in comp.] [Written also mote.]

1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo- Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; — usually in composition; as, folk- moot. J. R. Green.

2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.

Sir T. Elyot.

Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. Dryden. — Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. — Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

Moot
(Moot), a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

Mootable
(Moot"a*ble) a. Capable of being mooted.

Mooter
(Moot"er) n. A disputer of a mooted case.

Moot-hall
(Moot"-hall` Moot"-house`) n. [AS. moths.] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] "The moot- hall of Herod." Wyclif.

Moot-hill
(Moot"-hill`) n. (O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; - - called, in Scotland, mute-hill. J. R. Green.

Mootman
(Moot"man) n.; pl. Mootmen (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

Mop
(Mop) n. [See Mope.] A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.

Mop
(Mop), v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.

Mop
(Mop), n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin ]

1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]

3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]

Mop
(Mop), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.] To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.

Mopboard
(Mop"board`) n. (Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.