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▪ I. moose1|muːs|
Also 7 mose, mosse, mus, 7–8 moos, 8 mooze.
[a. Narragansett moos (= Abenaki mus, Penobscot muns); according to Trumbull, from moosu ‘he trims or cuts smooth’, in allusion to the animal's habit of stripping the lower branches and bark from trees when feeding.]
a. A cervine animal native to N. America closely allied to, or identical with, the European Elk (Alces malchis). Also moose deer. Also used collect.
The moose is termed Alces americana by those zoologists who regard it as specifically distinct from A. malchis.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 755 Captaine Thomas Hanham sayled to the Riuer of Sagadahoc 1606. He relateth of their beasts..redde Deare, and a beast bigger, called the Mus. 1637T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. v. 74 The Elke, which the Salvages call a Mose..is a very large Deare, with [etc.]. 1672J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 19 The Moose Deer..is a very goodly Creature. 1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies VI. 494 The mooze⁓deer, called there Caribou. 1817S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 202 Cabree and moose are plentiful. 1849J. Pritts Mirror Border Life 60 Their food was principally the entrails of moose, deer, bears. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 24/1 The Elk or Moose Deer (Alces malchis) is the largest of living Cervidæ. 1879Ld. Dunraven in 19th Cent. July 50 The Moose of America is almost, if not quite, identical with the Elk of Europe, but it attains a greater size. 1903Kipling Five Nations 39 The lakeside lilies where the bull-moose waits the cow. 1957Listener 14 Nov. 778/2 Large wooden corrals into which their moose were driven. 1964Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Dec. 8/7 A few point to the slow resurgence of moose, particularly in the southwest of the province.
b. attrib. and Comb., as moose-flesh, moose-hair, moose-hide, moose-horn, moose-hunt n. and vb., moose-hunter, moose-hunting, moose-meat, moose-path, moose-sinew, moose-skin, moose-track, moose-trail; moose berry U.S., the fruit of the moose-bush; moose-bird N. Amer., a name used for several birds, esp. the Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis; moose bush U.S., the shrub Viburnum lantanoïdes; moose call, a trumpet of birch bark used by hunters in calling moose to an ambuscade or blind (Sportsman's Gazetteer in Cent. Dict.); moose-calling (see quot. 1879); moose elm, the slippery elm, Ulmus rubra; moose fly, one of several North American horse flies, esp. one of the genus Chrysops; moose-head plant U.S., some river-side plant; moose man, a moose-hunter; moose maple, either of two small maples of eastern North America, Acer spicatum or A. pennsylvanicum; moose shanks (see quot. 1887); † moose suit, a suit of clothes made of moose-skin; moose tick, a North American tick, Dermacentor albipictus, which infests moose and other animals; moose warden U.S., a person employed to protect moose; moose-wood, (a) striped maple, Acer pennsylvanicum or striatum; (b) leatherwood, Dirca palustris; moose-yard, an area in which the snow is trodden down by moose, where they remain together during the winter months.
1848Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 79 Solomon's seal and *mooseberries.
1832W. D. Williamson Hist. State of Maine I. 150 The *moose-bird..feeds on the berries of the moose brush. 1857Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 293 Three large slate-colored birds of the jay genus (Garrulus Canadensis), the Canada jay, moose-bird, meat-bird, or what not. 1890S. M. St. Maur Impressions of Tenderfoot 273 My friend of the woods, the moose-bird... I found his real name was the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis. 1941E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-Naturalist 270 Presently the wailing of the moose-bird fell on my anxious ear. 1964Atlantic Advocate Oct. 67/1 This time of year there were always a pair of moosebirds on the maple.
1784M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 102 The ground covered with an underwood of *moose bush. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng., etc. (1821) II. 418 The black-moose bush, a pretty shrub with a rich pulpy leaf and a tuft of brilliant white flowers at the end of each branch.
1838United Service Jrnl. July 305 In *moose-calling, success mainly depends on the judicious selection of a station. 1879Ld. Dunraven in 19th Cent. July 52 Moose-calling..consists in imitating the cry of the female moose, and thereby calling up the male. 1956W. R. Bird Off-Trail in Nova Scotia vi. 167 The September moon is just right for moose calling.
1810F. A. Michaux Hist. Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 39 Red elm,..Slippery elm,..*Moose elm,..dans le haut de l'Etat de New York. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 311 This species of elm..bears the name of Red Elm, Slippery Elm and Moose Elm. 1884Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. (10th Census IX) 122 Ulmus fulva,..Red Elm... Moose Elm.
1873M. E. Braddon L. Davoren I. Prol. i. 4 Rare meals of buffalo or *moose flesh.
1834J. J. Audubon Ornith. Biogr. II. 437 The musquitoes and *moose flies did their best to render us uncomfortable. 1913Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 764/1 The lordly moose finds..relief from the torturing moose-fly in the cool depths of the lakes. 1953A. R. M. Lower Unconventional Voyages 43 Further south, where they are never so numerous, they [sc. bulldog flies] are called horse-flies, or moose-flies.
1820D. W. Harmon Jrnl. Voy. & Trav. Interior N. Amer. 317 From two points in this bow,..two strips of leather..are suspended, at the ends of which, tassels, composed of *moose hair, are fixed. 1956D. Leechman Native Tribes Canada 43 Some used moose hair for embroidery. There is a tuft of pale, stiffish hair about seven inches long, between the shoulders of the moose.
1868B. J. Lossing Hudson 6 A winding and narrow river, fringed with rushes, lilies, and moose-head plants.
1708J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. I. 395 Every Man has commonly two Wives, whom they..make 'em do all Slavery; as draw Sledds,..and dress *Moose Hides. 1858Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 121 A St. Francis Indian, with his canoe and moose-hides. 1955R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy vii. 67, I sat up, pulled my moosehide coat over my sweater, [etc.]. 1966Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 May 6/2 When he is racing [on snowshoes], he wears moosehide moccasins.
1672J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 19 *Moose Horns better for Physick use than Harts Horns.
1876Forest & Stream 24 Aug. 34/2 Sebatis and Lola went off on a *moose hunt.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 352/2 The skill of a *moose-hunter is most tried in the early part of the winter.
1857Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 307 Some friends of mine..were serenaded by wolves while *moose-hunting by moonlight.
1858Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 148 *Moose-men.
1839C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes Forest & Prairie 38 We would come to a sort of plateau of swampy land, overgrown with *moose maple. 1904S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories vi. 104 He..was holding aside the screen of moose-maples. 1952J. Jennings Strange Brigade ii. iii. 128 To our left lay the woodsy thickets..beech and chokecherry and moose maple.
1797C. Chaboillez Jrnl. in B. C. Payette Northwest (1964) 163 The People returned, they brought 1 Bear skin..8 pieces *Mouse Meat half Dryed. 1857Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 369 He found himself dining one day on moose-meat. 1930L. Munday Mounty's Wife iii. 48 We camped that night with some Indians [and] huge plates of moose meat were served, as good as any beef, and far better than most other meats. 1961H. C. Dodge My Childhood Canad. Wilderness i. 27 We ate them fried, roasted, boiled, but we never grew tired of moose meat. 1969in Halpert & Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 84 This late supper might include a meal of ‘bottled moose-meat’, warmed-over soup..‘pork-buns’, [etc.].
1876Forest & Stream 10 Aug. 2/1, I saw the bear lying in an old well-worn *moose-path quite dead.
1887Harper's Mag. Feb. 458/2 ‘*Moose shanks’ are made by peeling the skin from the hind legs of the animal. The smaller end is then sewn up to form the toe; and thus a moose-hide stocking is formed. 1952E. Buckler Mountain & Valley 100 The Rothesays down the road..wore moose shanks with the hair still on them.
1765T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. I. v. 464 Their bowstrings were made of *Moose sinews.
1637T. Morton New Eng. Canaan i. vi. 29 They make shooes of *Mose skinnes, which is the principall leather used to that purpose. 1664Essex County, Mass. Probate Rec. (1916) I. 458 Moose skin sute. 1775in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1822) 2nd Ser. IX. 162 Donations..1 pair moose-skin breeches. 1903All Nations Mar. 73/1 Living a shivering life in moose-skin tents. 1957C. Harris Cariboo Trail 174 The mooseskin-trousered [one] looked at him darkly. 1971D. C. Brown Yukon Trophy Trails x. 120 Lonny Johnny, a full-blood Loucheux, was building himself a moose-skin boat... Lonny used the lateral roots of a spruce tree for ribs and two large bull moose hides for the canvas.
1645in N. Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg. (1849) III. 82 The said Alexander Bradford have giuen to Robert Stowton his *Moose Suite and a musket and Sworde.
1868Amer. Naturalist II. 559 The *Moose Tick... When the cow arrived in New York, her sides and back were almost covered with adult ticks.
1857Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 390 There were pretty fresh *moose-tracks by the water-side.
1890N. Hibbs in Big Game N. Amer. 37 Just as I passed the point..I found a *Moose-trail.
1853Maine Acts & Resolves 24 The governor shall..appoint one county *moose warden for each of the counties. 1883G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 83 He had a canoe of birch, and on it he had burnt..the title ‘Moose Warden’, and he said he would take care of all the moose that came within the reach of his rifle.
1778J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 507 The *Moose Wood grows about four feet high, and is very full of branches. 1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 163 He [the Moose] feeds on..a species of the maple, which is called moose-wood. 1860A. Gray Man. Bot. 84 Acer Pennsylvanicum..Moose-Wood. Ibid. 380 Dirca..Moose-wood. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 116 His poultices will be the bark of the moose wood boiled till it is soft. 1933D. G. Cameron Twigs from Oak 129 The under-growth consisted of..moose⁓wood, dogwood. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 222/2 Conspicuous in winter because of its white-striped bark, the moosewood (A[cer] pennsylvanicum) inhabits open woods throughout eastern North America.
1800C. D. Rouso D'Eres Mem. 117 The animals are overtaken in their retreats (for they herd together..) which is called the *Moose yard, formed by them in trampling down the snow. 1843Zoologist I. 134 It will take so many days to reach the moose-yard. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 53 They [sc. Moose] live in families of fifteen to twenty, each one of which confines itself to a certain part of the woods; this is called a moose yard. 1946W. R. Bird Sunrise for Peter 209 Nathan plunged to join him and almost fell into a well-trodden moose-yard.
c. transf. and fig.
1925Dalhousie Rev. V. 321 There is much meandering in the neighbouring woods; and..it is known as the game of ‘moose’. 1941Amer. Speech XVI. 187 Moose, a sister, notably a kid-sister, who informs her mother when her brother is playing stick-ball, shooting dice, etc. 1948Sat. Even. Post 16 Oct. 130/3 Schaeffer was a moose of a man. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 173 An unattractive female date:..Ugliness..ranges from such general terms as beast..to the more specific bear, cow, goose, moose, roach.., squirrel, and wet fish. 1968Word Study Dec. 3/2 Moose is sometimes used for any large and strong person, but it is mostly widely applied to large and strong persons of Scandinavian descent.
▪ II. † moose2 Obs. rare.
[a. Du. moes.]
Pottage, stewed vegetables.
1568Turner Herbal iii. 9 The weomen cookes in the spring time use to gather this herbe, and put it in there potages and mooses with other pot herbes. Ibid. 20.
▪ III. moose3 U.S. Forces' slang.|muːs|
[ad. Jap. musume daughter, girl.]
A young Japanese or Korean woman; esp., the wife or mistress of a serviceman stationed in Japan or Korea.
1953in Partridge Dict. Slang (1961) Suppl. 1188/2 An eligible female of Japan or Korea is known as a ‘moose’,..from the Japanese word ‘musume’—girl. 1954Amer. Speech XXIX. 302 To spell the word mus might be a good transcription from the Japanese but..it is the spelling moose that is most encountered in semiformal Army poop sheets; in signs urging Americans..to meet the best mooses in Kyoto, [etc.]. 1964Ibid. XXXIX. 236 The word moose refers, not without some disdain, to Korean wives of Americans, often soldiers. |