MOSS, MOSSY
ADJECTIVES
1658 — MUSCOUS mossy; resembling moss → chiefly botany usage
1707 — MUSCOSE resembling moss; mosslike → chiefly botany usage, obs.
1777 — MEESY mossy → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1656 — MUSCOSITY mossiness; abundance of moss → obs.
1762 — LATCH a mire, a swampy, mossy place → Sc.
1777 — MEESE moss; the lichen which grows upon apple-trees → Eng. dial.
..19C — DRUID’S-HAIR long moss, such as hangs from a tree → Eng. dial.
1853 — MUSCARIUM a garden in which mosses are grown → obs.
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