▪ I. mouch, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(muːtʃ)
[? cogn. w. munch v.]
trans. To eat up, to eat greedily.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 216/42 To Mouche [rimed with couche, touche, auouche], eate, mandere. 1658 in Phillips. 1866 J. E. Brogden Prov. Words Linc. 130. |
Hence † ˈmoucher, a great eater; † ˈmouching, ? eating greedily.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 71/19 A Moucher, manduco. 1607 Dekker & Webster Sir T. Wyat Wks. 1873 III. 103 Clowne. O poore shrimpe, how art thou falne away for want of mouching? |
▪ II. mouch, mouchache
see mooch, mustachio.