the sea, cognate with the Lat. _mare_, and its derivatives in the Romance languages, and the Teut. _meer_; _e.g._ Armorica or Brittany, and Pomerania (the districts on the sea-shore); Morbihan (the little sea), in Brittany; Morlachia or _Moro-Vlassi_ (the Wallachs’ or strangers’ land by the sea)--_v._ WALSCH; Morlaix (a place on the sea-shore), in Brittany; Glamorgan, Welsh _gwlad-morgant_ (the district of Morgan Mawr, an ancient king of Wales); Morgan, in Cornwall, _i.e._ by the sea-shore; Maracaybo (the headland by the sea-shore), in South America; Parimaribo (the dwelling near the sea), in South America; Connemara, in Ireland, Irish _Conmac-ne-Mara_, the descendants of Conmac (by the sea-side). [Sidenote: MOST (Sclav.),] a bridge; _e.g._ Dolgemost (long bridge); Maust, Most, Mostje (the place at the bridge), in Bohemia; Babimost (the old woman’s bridge, _i.e._ the fragile bridge), abbreviated to Bomst; Priedemost (the first bridge), in Silesia; Mostar (old bridge), a town in Turkey. [Sidenote: MOT, or MOOT (A.S.),] the place of assembly, where the Anglo-Saxons held their courts of justice; _e.g._ Mote-hill, at Scone; the Moat Hill, near Hawick; the Mote of Galloway; the Moat of Dull, in Perthshire, and of Hamilton, on Strathclyde; Moot-hill, at Naseby; and in the Lake District, Montay and Caermote; Moothill also appears in Aberdeenshire; Almoot, near Peterhead, meaning the meeting-place on the height, has been corrupted into _Old Maud_, and the railway company have called their station _New Maud_. It is found in the Gaelic name for the Island of Bute, _Baile-mhoide_ (the dwelling of the courts of justice), but in this case, as in Ireland, the word was probably borrowed from the Saxons. The word is found in Ireland, signifying a large mound, as well as in connection with the courts of justice--as in _Tom-an-mhoid_ (the hill of the court of justice); LA MOTTE, Fr. (a hillock), common in France. [Sidenote: MÜHLE (Ger.), MYLEN (A.S.), MUILENN (Gadhelic), MELIN (Cym.-Cel.), MLYN (Sclav.), MOLEN (Dutch),] a mill, cognate with the Lat. _mola_, and its derivatives in the Romance languages; _e.g._ Mülenbach and Molinbech (mill brook); Mühlan, Mühldorf, Mühlhausen, Muhlheim (mill dwelling); Moleneynde (mill corner), in Germany and Holland. In England and Scotland: Melbourne, Milton, Millwick, Milford, Milden, Milnathorpe (the stream, town, ford, hollow, farm, of the mill); but Milton, in Kent and in Dorsetshire, are corrupt. from _middle_ town; Moulin, a parish in Perthshire. In France: Moulins (the mills), so called from the great number of water mills formerly on the R. Allier; Mülhausen or Mulhouse, in Alsace, celebrated for its manufactures; Molina, a manufacturing town in Murcia; also in Spain, Molinos-del-Rey (the king’s mills). In Ireland: Mullinahone (the mill of the cave); Mullinavat (of the stick); Mullintra (of the strand); Mullinakil (of the church). In Sclavonic districts: Mlineh, Mlinki, Mlinsk, Mlinow, etc.