Chapter Mobbish to Moder of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

Thou seest thy wretched brother die,
Who was the model of thy father's life.

Shak.

6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.

A professional model.

H. James.

Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or is expected to do.

Model
(Mod"el) a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.

Model
(Mod"el), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeled or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.

Model
(Mod"el), v. i. (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

Modeler
(Mod"el*er) n. One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]

Modeling
(Mod"el*ing), n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.]

Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. — Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, — used in modeling.

Modelize
(Mod"el*ize) v. t. To model. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Modena
(||Mod"e*na) n. [From Modena, in Italy.] A certain crimsonlike color. Good.

Modenese
(Mod`e*nese") a. Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.

Moder
(Mo"der) n. [OE. See Mother female parent.]

1. A mother. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.]

Moder
(Mod"er) v. t. To moderate. [Obs.]