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noun

Moth n. A mote. (Obs.)

Moth n. (pl. moths)

1.

(Zool.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.

2.

(Zool.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.

3.

(Zool.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.

4.

Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Moth blight (Zool.), any plant louse of the genus Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to various plants.

Moth gnat (Zool.), a dipterous insect of the genus Bychoda, having fringed wings.

Moth hunter (Zool.), the goatsucker.

Moth miller (Zool.), a clothes moth. See Miller 3 (a).

Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow or whitish flowers.

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Etymology of 'Moth'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Moth" Quotes from Famous Books

... crushing defeat grind you into the dust, then you may arise, forgetting time and space and self, and take refuge in mansions not made with hands; and find a certain sad, sweet satisfaction in the contemplation of treasures stored up where moth and rust do not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through ...

— Love, Life & Work • Elbert Hubbard

... gone vrom e'thly eyes To be a-kept in darksome sleep, Until the good ageaen do rise A-jay to souls they left to weep. The rwose wer doust that bound her brow; The moth did eat her Zunday ceaepe; Her frock wer out o' fashion now; Her shoes wer dried up out o' sheaepe— The shoes that woonce did glitter black Along the ...

— Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect • William Barnes

... truth in that, and yet, like a fluttering moth round a flame, it seems to me, that when I do see you, you take a terrific kind of satisfaction in talking of ...

— Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood • Thomas Preskett Prest

... to the Bible she had brought, and from which she had previously been reading. "There is a verse there which tells us that we are to lay up riches in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal," she answered in an unaffected tone. "I should not expect interest, and I am very sure that I should be satisfied ...

— Ned Garth - Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade • W. H. G. Kingston

... moth ate a word. To me that seemed A curious happening when I heard of that wonder, That a worm should swallow the word of a man, A thief in the dark eat a thoughtful discourse 5 And the strong base it stood on. He stole, but he was not ...

— Old English Poems - Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose • Various

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