释义 |
mossing, vbl. n.|ˈmɒsɪŋ| [-ing1.] The action of the vb. moss in various senses.
1700O. Heywood Diaries, etc. (1885) IV. 231 Sam. Stocks came a mossing. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxvii. 355 All hands..are out ‘mossing’. This mossing..is a frightfully wintry operation. attrib.1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 329 This mossing process for renewing the bark |