▪ I. moch, n. Sc.
(mɒx)
[app. repr. OE. mohðe moth; cf. the 15th c. Eng. forms mowhe, mowghe (Promp. Parv.).]
A moth.
| c 1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Brit. Distemper (1844) 113 This earle George his first wife..forbids her husband to leave such a consuming moch in his house, as was the sacraledgeous medling with the abisie of Deir. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxi. 156 Half ate'n wi' the mochs. |
▪ II. † moch, a. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 moich.
[Of obscure origin: cf. moch v. and mochy a., also muggy a. and dial. moke n. (Lincs.) a mist, fog, moke adj., hazy, dark (E.D.D.).]
Moist, damp.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. 26 Auld rottin runtis quhairin na sap was leifit, Moch, all waist, widderit with granis montit. 1513 ― æneis xii. Prol. 46 Mysty vapour vpspringand,..In smoky soppis of donk dewis wak, Moich hailsum stovis ourheildand the slak. |
▪ III. † moch, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 7 moach.
[? f. moch a. But cf. G. muchen to turn rancid or mouldy.]
intr. To decay, rot.
| 1624 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 394 Not onlie sall the most pairt of thame [sc. the books] moch and conswme, bot [etc.]. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Club) I. 49 The cornes..begane to moche and rott. |
▪ IV. moch
obs. form of much a.