mochn.

Brit.

/mɒx/, U.S.

/mɑk/,

/mɑx/, Scottish English

/mɔx/

Forms: pre-1700 1700s– moch, 1800s mogh, 1900s– mouch (Orkney and Shetland).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moth n.¹

Etymology: Variant of moth n.¹ (compare γ forms and discussion at that entry).

Scottish (now chiefly northern and north-eastern).

A moth; esp. a clothes moth. Also: a woodworm. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > which bores into wood

wood-worm1540

wood-fretter1611

art-worm1620

arter1622

moch1637

woodlouse1666

pileworm1733

wood-borer1850

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > clothes-moth

mothOE

moch1637

clothes-moth1753

tapestry-moth1815

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > which bores in wood

Teredo1398

timber-worm1530

wood-worm1540

moch1637

wood grub1956

1637 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 289 As to be ane moch in thy estate.

c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's 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.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mogh, a moth.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxi. 156 Half ate'n wi' the mochs.

1908 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. I. viii. 323 Jeruslam is a bony piece Nae mouch or mooswab thare.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 34 Loard, juist tell me what's da oese O' mudjicks, mochs, an' fishy flees?

1958 Banffshire Jrnl. 3 June 4/4 So I runkit oot the aul' portmanty pyoke, shook the dist an' the mochs oot o't.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 16 Comin oot in traivies fae among da paety roogs, Cam da thoosan taes an spurry tails an mochs an mooratoogs.

Compounds

moch-eaten adj. moth-eaten; (more generally) being in a decayed or decrepit condition (cf. mochy adj.²).

ΚΠ

1894 F. Mackenzie Humours of Glenbruar 15 ‘It's a' moch-eaten,’ Jeemie said, crumbling the edge of a board between his finger and thumb.

1932 D. Campbell Bamboozled 31 Ye moch-aiten, gabbin' gawpus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mochadj.

Brit.

/mɒx/,

/mɒk/, U.S.

/mɑk/,

/mɑx/, Scottish English

/mɔx/, Irish English

/mʌx/,

/mɒːx/

Forms: pre-1700 1700s– moch, pre-1700 1700s– moich, 1800s– mauch, 1800s– moach, 1900s– maugh, 1900s– mogh.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably from a Germanic base related to mug n.⁴ Compare moke n.³, moch v.¹, mochy adj.¹The form of the word may have been influenced by association with moch n.

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

Moist, damp; mouldy, putrescent; humid, muggy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective]

moista1382

moistfula1398

undriedc1440

wak1513

mocha1522

humorous1526

humidc1550

dabby1581

fat1598

unparched1599

moistish1610

dampisha1642

weakya1642

rafty1655

dampya1691

damp1706

mochy1794

danky1820

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

mocha1522

hoary1530

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

mowsy1566

foistied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

musted1632

mouldish1648

emucid1656

mucid1656

mungy1658

mouldly1678

foisted1688

mothery1697

vinnewya1722

rusty-fustya1790

musty-fusty1857

mucidous1866

blue-vinnied1880

blue-veined1898

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close

mocha1522

faint1525

close1591

clit1610

muggy1638

pothery1696

mochy1794

mucky1804

mungy1809

sulky1817

sticky1855

languorous1887

soggy1897

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 46 Mysty vapour vpspringand,..In smoky soppis of donk dewis wak, Moich hailsum stovis ourheildand the slak.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 152 in Shorter Poems (2003) 18 Ald rottyn runtis quhairin no sap was luyt, Moch, all waist, widdrit with granis moutyt.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Moich, giving the idea of moistness conjoined with putridity; applied to tainted meat.

1900 Sc. Farmer 29 Sept. 771/1 The mornings are sharply frosty, but the air is somewhat ‘moich’ at times, and the cream is ripening too quickly in spite of all we can do.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 225/2 Mogh, muggy, close, moist and warm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† mochv.¹

Forms: 1800s moach, 1800s moch.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moch adj.

Etymology: Probably < moch adj. Perhaps compare early modern German muchen , müchen to ruin or spoil, to smell rotten or mouldy. Compare earlier moth v.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

intransitive. To rot, decay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > have wasting disease [verb (intransitive)]

dwinec1000

shrinkc1000

swindOE

wastea1300

pinea1325

rot1340

tapishc1375

wastea1387

consume1495

decaya1538

winder1600

pule1607

moch1818

to run down1826

tabefy1891

1818 [see moched adj. at Derivatives].

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Moach, Moch, to begin to be in a state approaching to putridity. The term is now generally used in the part. pa.

Derivatives

moched adj. (in form mocht) rotten, decayed.

ΚΠ

1818 E. Picken Dict. Sc. Lang. Mocht, becoming putrid.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Moch't meat..is animal food in a state of incipient corruption.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

mochv.²

Brit.

/mɒx/, U.S.

/mɑk/,

/mɑx/, Scottish English

/mɔx/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moch n.

Etymology: < moch n. Compare earlier moth v.²

Scottish (chiefly north-eastern).

intransitive. To become moth-eaten. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1963.

ΚΠ

1920 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 308/1 A great gaitherin o claes lyin mochin in a kist.

Derivatives

moched adj. (in forms mochit, mocht) moth-eaten.

ΚΠ

1920 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 308/1 My gansey's aa mocht.

2015 E. McKenna in Lallans 86 80 Ah cloot up The mochit claith Oor forebeirs weaved Fae wool aff Sicilian sheep.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1637

adj.a1522

v.¹1818

v.²1920

单词	moch
释义	mochn. Brit. /mɒx/, U.S. /mɑk/, /mɑx/, Scottish English /mɔx/ Forms: pre-1700 1700s– moch, 1800s mogh, 1900s– mouch (Orkney and Shetland). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: moth n.¹ Etymology: Variant of moth n.¹ (compare γ forms and discussion at that entry). Scottish (now chiefly northern and north-eastern). A moth; esp. a clothes moth. Also: a woodworm. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > which bores into wood wood-worm1540 wood-fretter1611 art-worm1620 arter1622 moch1637 woodlouse1666 pileworm1733 wood-borer1850 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > clothes-moth mothOE moch1637 clothes-moth1753 tapestry-moth1815 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > which bores in wood Teredo1398 timber-worm1530 wood-worm1540 moch1637 wood grub1956 1637 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 289 As to be ane moch in thy estate. c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's 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. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mogh, a moth. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxi. 156 Half ate'n wi' the mochs. 1908 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. I. viii. 323 Jeruslam is a bony piece Nae mouch or mooswab thare. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 34 Loard, juist tell me what's da oese O' mudjicks, mochs, an' fishy flees? 1958 Banffshire Jrnl. 3 June 4/4 So I runkit oot the aul' portmanty pyoke, shook the dist an' the mochs oot o't. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 16 Comin oot in traivies fae among da paety roogs, Cam da thoosan taes an spurry tails an mochs an mooratoogs. Compounds moch-eaten adj. moth-eaten; (more generally) being in a decayed or decrepit condition (cf. mochy adj.²). ΚΠ 1894 F. Mackenzie Humours of Glenbruar 15 ‘It's a' moch-eaten,’ Jeemie said, crumbling the edge of a board between his finger and thumb. 1932 D. Campbell Bamboozled 31 Ye moch-aiten, gabbin' gawpus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mochadj. Brit. /mɒx/, /mɒk/, U.S. /mɑk/, /mɑx/, Scottish English /mɔx/, Irish English /mʌx/, /mɒːx/ Forms: pre-1700 1700s– moch, pre-1700 1700s– moich, 1800s– mauch, 1800s– moach, 1900s– maugh, 1900s– mogh. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably from a Germanic base related to mug n.⁴ Compare moke n.³, moch v.¹, mochy adj.¹The form of the word may have been influenced by association with moch n. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Moist, damp; mouldy, putrescent; humid, muggy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] moista1382 moistfula1398 undriedc1440 wak1513 mocha1522 humorous1526 humidc1550 dabby1581 fat1598 unparched1599 moistish1610 dampisha1642 weakya1642 rafty1655 dampya1691 damp1706 mochy1794 danky1820 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 mocha1522 hoary1530 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 mowsy1566 foistied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 musted1632 mouldish1648 emucid1656 mucid1656 mungy1658 mouldly1678 foisted1688 mothery1697 vinnewya1722 rusty-fustya1790 musty-fusty1857 mucidous1866 blue-vinnied1880 blue-veined1898 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close mocha1522 faint1525 close1591 clit1610 muggy1638 pothery1696 mochy1794 mucky1804 mungy1809 sulky1817 sticky1855 languorous1887 soggy1897 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 46 Mysty vapour vpspringand,..In smoky soppis of donk dewis wak, Moich hailsum stovis ourheildand the slak. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 152 in Shorter Poems (2003) 18 Ald rottyn runtis quhairin no sap was luyt, Moch, all waist, widdrit with granis moutyt. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Moich, giving the idea of moistness conjoined with putridity; applied to tainted meat. 1900 Sc. Farmer 29 Sept. 771/1 The mornings are sharply frosty, but the air is somewhat ‘moich’ at times, and the cream is ripening too quickly in spite of all we can do. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 225/2 Mogh, muggy, close, moist and warm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mochv.¹ Forms: 1800s moach, 1800s moch. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moch adj. Etymology: Probably < moch adj. Perhaps compare early modern German muchen , müchen to ruin or spoil, to smell rotten or mouldy. Compare earlier moth v.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. intransitive. To rot, decay. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > have wasting disease [verb (intransitive)] dwinec1000 shrinkc1000 swindOE wastea1300 pinea1325 rot1340 tapishc1375 wastea1387 consume1495 decaya1538 winder1600 pule1607 moch1818 to run down1826 tabefy1891 1818 [see moched adj. at Derivatives]. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Moach, Moch, to begin to be in a state approaching to putridity. The term is now generally used in the part. pa. Derivatives moched adj. (in form mocht) rotten, decayed. ΚΠ 1818 E. Picken Dict. Sc. Lang. Mocht, becoming putrid. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Moch't meat..is animal food in a state of incipient corruption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). mochv.² Brit. /mɒx/, U.S. /mɑk/, /mɑx/, Scottish English /mɔx/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moch n. Etymology: < moch n. Compare earlier moth v.² Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). intransitive. To become moth-eaten. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1963. ΚΠ 1920 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 308/1 A great gaitherin o claes lyin mochin in a kist. Derivatives moched adj. (in forms mochit, mocht) moth-eaten. ΚΠ 1920 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 308/1 My gansey's aa mocht. 2015 E. McKenna in Lallans 86 80 Ah cloot up The mochit claith Oor forebeirs weaved Fae wool aff Sicilian sheep. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637adj.a1522v.¹1818v.²1920
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mochn.

Compounds

mochadj.

† mochv.1

Derivatives

mochv.2

Derivatives

† mochv.¹

mochv.²