Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A disease of horses.
  • noun A smolder of wood.
  • To have the disease called the mose: in the phrase to mose in the chine (also to mourn of the chine, where mourn is a different word from mose: see mourn).

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Examples

  • Then he called Mose, his memory trace personality, into co-consciousness with him, narrowed his eyes until they were nearly, but not entirely shut, lest the new gorilla try to jump him despite his restraints, and had Mose reread him the last chapter ofUlysses,Molly Bloom's soliloquy, while waiting to be brought from the cell to the courthouse, where he figured to have his best chance at escaping.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • Then he called Mose, his memory trace personality, into co-consciousness with him, narrowed his eyes until they were nearly, but not entirely shut, lest the new gorilla try to jump him despite his restraints, and had Mose reread him the last chapter ofUlysses,Molly Bloom's soliloquy, while waiting to be brought from the cell to the courthouse, where he figured to have his best chance at escaping.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • "Friends," he said, "let us call Mose into the room and hear in detail his account of what he overheard."

    The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

  • I don't know if I should call Mose, when I go down there, my uncle or not.

    A Little Bit of Syrup 2009

  • I don't know if I should call Mose, when I go down there, my uncle or not.

    A Little Bit of Syrup Michelle McEwen 2009

  • "I still can't believe this is actually happening," said Vietnam veteran Richard "Mose" Mrozinski, commander of Amvets 911 and past president of Vietnam Veterans Inc., after the service.

    Lindewald, Charles W. Jr. 1968

  • Harry Williams, the stage manager, was an ideal "Mose" in the play of that name.

    Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

  • The next passenger was MOSES or "Mose," who looked as though he had been exceedingly well-cared for, being plump, fat, and extra-smart.

    The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

  • Now "Mose" brings his Bowery Boys into our parlor, or Cromwell Judd recruits his Ironsides from the hamlets of the Kennebec.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

  • "Mose," the hostess called out to the fiddler when he had rested a little while, "please to strike up the tune Pop Goes the Weasel."

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

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