moudie, moudy Sc. dial.
(ˈmaʊdɪ)
Also 8 moody, mowdy, 9 mowdie.
[Short for moudiwarp mouldwarp.]
A mole; freq. attrib. Also, a mole-catcher.
| c 1720 Bewick & Graham xlviii. in Child Ballads IV. 148/1 Then he stuck his sword in a moody-hill. 1789 Davidson Seasons 62 List'ning to the chirp O' wand'ring mouse, or moudy's carkin hoke. 1828 Craven Gloss., Moudy, a mole catcher. a 1869 C. Spence Fr. Braes of Carse (1898) 186 There field mice and moudies litter. |