miscalculation (mis-kal'ku-la'-shun), a wrong judgment. missal (mis'al), a mass-book. mitigate (mit'i-gat), make less severe or painful. mitigation (mit'i-ga'shun), relief; lessening. moccasin (mok'a-sin), a shoe made of soft leather worn by the American Indian. mockery (mok'er-i), imitating reality, but not real; sham. mode (mod), manner of doing or being; custom. Mohawk (mo'hok), a tribe of Indians. molder (mol'der), turn into dust by natural decay. moment (mo'ment), importance; consequence, monody (mon'e-di), a mournful poem or song for one voice. monograph (mon'o-graf), a paper written on one particular subject or on some branch of it. monopoly (mo-nop'o-li), possession of the whole of anything. monotone (mon'o-ton), a single unvaried tone or sound. monotony (mo-not'o-ni), a tiresome sameness. Montcalm (mont-kam'), an officer commanding the French troops at Quebec. moorings (mobr'ingz), the place where a vessel is anchored. moorland (moor'land), a waste land covered with patches of heather, a low shrub. moraler (mor'al-er), Moravian (mo-ra'vi-an), one of a sect called United Brethren, organized in Moravia in the fifteenth century. Moskoe (mos'ko), Probably Poe had in mind the Mos'kenaso island. Moslem (moz'lem; mos), motive (mo'tiv), the reason for actions. motley-braided (mot'li-brad'ed), interlaced with many colors. mouldering (mol'der-ing), crumbling. multitudinous (mul'tl-tu'di-nus), numerous. Muse (muz), the goddess who is supposed to inspire poets. muse (muz), think. Musgraves (mus'gravz), a clan or family of Scotland. Mussulmans (mus'ul-manz), Mohammedans, The "tottering bridge which Mussulmans say is the only pathway between Time and Eternity" is the bridge which extends over hell and which has been described as being "finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword." muster (mus'ter), the gathering of troops or ships for war. mutation (mu-ta'shun), change. mutiny (mu'ti-ni), a revolt against one's superior officers or any rightful authority, especially applied to sailors or soldiers. mutual (mu'tu-al), having something in common. Mystic (mis'tik), a river in Massachusetts. naiad (na'yad; ni'ad), a water nymph, fabled to preside over some lake, river, brook, or fountain. necromancer (nek'ro-man'ser), one who foretells future events by pretending to communicate with the dead. nectar (nek'tar), in Greek mythology, the divine wine of the gods served in golden drinking-cups by Hebe, the goddess of Youth. nepenthe (ne-pen'the), a drug supposed, by the ancient Greeks, to have the power of causing forgetfulness of sorrow. Netherby (neth'er-bi), the name of a Scotch family or clan. niche (nich), a hollow, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue or other erect ornament. night-tide, night-time. Nilus (nil'us), the Latin word for Nile.