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moss-hag
ˈmoss-hag Sc. [f. moss n.1 + hag n.4] Broken ground from which peat has been taken; a pit or hole from which peat has been dug.1816 Scott Old Mort. viii, A sour fit o' the batts wi' sitting amang the wat moss-hags for four hours at a yoking. 1818 ― Hrt. Midl. xii, When I was in the moss-haggs and mo...
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moss
▪ I. moss, n.1 (mɒs) Forms: 1, 3, 6 mos, 2, 6 mose, 4–6 mosse, 5 moos, mosh, 4– moss. [OE. mos neut., bog (also 12th c. mose moss), corresponding to MDu., MLG. mos bog, also moss, lichen, mildew (Du. mos moss), OHG., MHG. mos (mod.G. moos) bog, moss, MSw., Da. mos:—OTeut. *muso{supm}; declensional v...
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hagg
▪ I. hag, n.1 (hæg) Forms: α. 3–7 hegge, 6–7 heg. β. 4–7 hagge, 6–8 hagg, 6– hag. [The form hegge is found once early in 13th c.; hagge once in 14th; otherwise the word is not known till the 16th c. Usually conjectured to be a shortened form of OE. hægtesse, hæhtisse, hægtes, -tis, hegtes ‘fury, wit...
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spang
▪ I. spang, n.1 Also 5–6 spange. [Probably ad. MDu. spange (spaenge, Du. spang), = OHG. spanga (MHG. and G. spange), OS. *spanga (see sense 3), OFris. *spange (NFris. spung, spōng), ON. spang-, spǫng (Norw. spong; MSw. and MDa. spang) clasp, buckle, brooch, spangle, etc.] † 1. A small glittering orn...
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