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▪ I. moch, n. Sc.|mɒx|
[app. repr. OE. mohðe moth; cf. the 15th c. Eng. forms mowhe, mowghe (Promp. Parv.).]
A moth.
c1650P. 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. 1871W. 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.
1501Douglas 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.
1624Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 394 Not onlie sall the most pairt of thame [sc. the books] moch and conswme, bot [etc.]. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Club) I. 49 The cornes..begane to moche and rott.
▪ IV. moch
obs. form of much a. |