moss, mos, mosse

[A. S. meós; cogn. with Dut. mos; Icel. mos i; Dan. mos; Sw. mo a; Ger. moos; M. H. Ger. mos, mies; O. H. Ger. mios; Ru . mokh; Lat. muscus; Gr. moschos a young shoot.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. In the same sense as II. "A grot there was, with hoary mo o'ergrown." Garth: Claremont. 2. A bog, a soft moorland; as Chat M088. II. Botany: IMG:content-1418.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Eriophorum vagina tum . mo -grown, a. Grown over with mo . "One old mo - grown wall." Words worth: Excursion, bk. ii.