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coalmouse
coalmouse, colemouse (ˈkəʊlmaʊs) Forms: 1 colmase, 5–6 colmose, 6 cold-, 7 col-, 7– colemouse. [ME. colmose:—OE. colmáse (corr. to MDu. koolmêze, Du. koolmees, MHG. kolemeise, G. kohlmeise), f. col coal (in reference to its dark colour) + máse (OHG. meisa:—WGer. maisa), a name including several spec...
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colmey
colmey north. dial. (ˈkɒlmɪ) Also coalmie, colemie, colmie, colmy, and in various dial. forms: see quots. Colmous (quot. 1654) is prob. due to confusion with coalmouse. [Perh. the same word as colmie, colmy, culmy ‘sooty, grimy’; but the early variants are difficult to explain.] The coal-fish.1654 B...
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titmouse
titmouse (ˈtɪtmaʊs) Pl. titmice (-maɪs). Forms: α. 4 titemose, 4–6 titmose, 5 tyte-, tetmose, tytmase, 6 tytmus. β. 6 tytmouse, (6–7 tytti-, tittimous(e, 7–9 titty-), 6– titmouse. [ME. titmōse, f. tit n.3 3 + mose n. a titmouse. In the 16th c., when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word...
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mose
▪ 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 105...
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mop
▪ I. † mop, n.1 Obs. Forms: 4 mopp, 4–5 moppe, 5 mop. [Of obscure origin: prob. related to mope v. and n.; and perh. also related to mop v.1 Cf. Du., LG. mop, mops, G. mops poodle, LG. mops blockhead.] 1. A fool. Cf. mope n. 1.13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 1414 Ther was a burgeis in this toun..That wolde sp...
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