† ˈmowsy, a. Obs.
[Cf. mosey (moisy, mouzy, etc.) ‘mouldy, rotten, over-ripe’ in E.D.D., and F. moisi mouldy.]
? Mouldy (in quot. fig.).
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 211 b, This mowsy and drossy chaffe long sithence bloune abroad in y⊇ eyes of Augustine by the Pelagianes. |