▪ I. † mose, n. Obs. rare.
[OE. máse wk. fem. = MDu. mêze (Du. mees: see meese), OHG. meisa (MHG., mod.G. meise); ON. has only the derivative meising-r, whence F. mésange. Cf. coalmouse, titmouse, where -mose has been corrupted into -mouse.]
The titmouse.
| a 700 Epinal Gloss. 806 Parrula, masae. c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 286/14–15 Parra, colmase. Parrula, spicmase. a 1250 Owl & Night. 503 Þu..pipest al so doþ a mose. |
▪ II. † mose, v. Obs. rare—1.
[Etymology obscure; possibly a corruption.]
= mourn v.2
| 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 51 His horse..possest with the glanders, and like to mose in the chine. |
▪ III. mose
obs. f. moose, moss, musa1 (banana).