moze, v.
(məʊz)
In 6 moise, 7 mose.
[Perh. a derivative of moss n.1 (in the sense of ‘nap’: cf. moss n.1 5).]
trans. To gig (cloth); to subject to the operation of a gig-mill. Hence ˈmozing vbl. n.
| 1505–6 Corporation Minutes York IX. 32 (MS.) To crop and moise every suche clothe. 1633 Proclam. in Rymer Foedera XIX. 446/1 Whereas..the use of Gigmills is forbidden..yet of late time the same Mills are used under the name of mosing Mills. Ibid., All mosing Mills shall be taken down before Midsomer next. 1842 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XXI. 934/2 After being sheared, it is subject to the gig-mill in one direction only, which is called mozing. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Mozing, gigging of cloth. |