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mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.

Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

Moccasined
(Moc"ca*sined) a. Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. "Moccasined feet." Harper's Mag.

Mocha
(Mo"cha) n.

1. A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.

2. A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.

3. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

Mocha stone (Min.), moss agate.

Moche
(||Moche) n. [F.] A bale of raw silk.

Moche
(Moche) a. Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mochel
(Moch"el) a. & adv. Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mochila
(||Mo*chi"la) n. [Sp.] A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [Western U.S.]

Mock
(Mock) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]

1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

To see the life as lively mocked as ever
Still sleep mocked death.
Shak.
Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
Shak.

2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
1 Kings xviii. 27.
Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
Gray.

3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
Judg. xvi. 13.
He will not . . .
Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
Milton.

Syn. — To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.

Mock
(Mock), v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job xi. 3.
She had mocked at his proposal.
Froude.

Mock
(Mock), n.