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Mocha1|ˈməʊkə|
Forms: 7 mocus, 8 moco(e, mocoa, mocho(e, mochoa, 8– Mocha.
[In early examples mocus, moco, mocho; of obscure origin, but regarded (perh. correctly) by Johnson (and apparently by Woodward in 1728) as identical with the place-name mocha2 (in 18th c. often spelt Mocho); hence now commonly written with capital M. Cf. G. mokkastein, F. pierre de Mocka (1765 in Encyclopédie X. 590), Sp. piedra de moca, Pg. pedra de moca, perh. after the Eng. name.]
1. (Also Mocha stone, Mocha pebble.) A variety of chalcedony resembling or identical with moss-agate, having dendritic markings due to the presence of oxides of manganese, iron, etc.
1679Will Dan. Bennett (Somerset Ho.), My Mocus stone Ring. 1704in Ashton Soc. Life Q. Anne (1882) I. 180 A gold Moco Stone chain set in Gold. Ibid. 181 One Moco Stone Bracelet. 1728Woodward Fossils 22 The Mocho-Stone. Note, Achates Mochoensis..These are nearly related to the Agat-Kind,..with Delineations representing Mosses, Shrubs and Branches. 1728― Catal. Foreign Fossils 16 A Mochoa-Stone, with Delineations of Shrubs. 1753Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) III. 249 Some new acquisitions of shells, agates, mocoes, and a thousand fine things. 1769Public Advertiser 29 May 3/4 Beautiful oriental Mocoas, Antiques, Seed Pearl. Ibid. 12 June 3/2 A Mourning Ring, Hair, Mocoa, set round with Amethyst. 1771Phil. Trans. LXIII. 17 The Earl of Wandesford had one of them sawn into a slab, and it is as beautiful as a Moco. 1789E. Darwin Bot. Gard. II. 157 Pictured mochoes tesselate the ground. 1827H. E. Lloyd tr. Timkowski's Trav. I. 185 An eminence which was covered with cornelians, calcedony, mocha stones, and jasper of different colours. 1843Berkeley in Ann. Nat. Hist. XI. 415 On Substances inclosed in Mochastones. [Footnote, This word is evidently used with considerable latitude, and by no means confined to the bodies so named in this country.] By Karl Mueller. 1864Blackmore Clara Vaughan xl, Any Mocha stone, fortification agate, or Scotch pebble.
2. One of several brown geometrid moths lined and variegated with grey, esp. of the genus Ephyra; in full often mocha moth, † stone.
1775M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 45 Mocha stone. Pale mocha stone. 1869E. Newman Brit. Moths 73 The False Mocha (Ephyra porata)... I do not know the caterpillars of the Mocha moths from each other. Ibid. 74 The Mocha (Ephyra omicronaria). Ibid., The Dingy Mocha (Ephyra orbicularia). Ibid., The Birch Mocha (Ephyra pendularia).
3. dial. ‘A term applied to a cat of a black colour intermixed with brown.’ (Halliwell 1847).
4. A type of English pottery, made from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, with white or cream body decorated with coloured bands on to which moss- or fern-like patterns have been applied. Freq. attrib.
1837S. Shaw Chem. of Compounds used in Manuf. Porc. i. v. 346 The readiness with which they combine with earths..renders them very useful in the Mocha and dipped ware. Ibid. ii. i. 410 The peculiar kind of clay, in this neighbourhood,..veins of which are still kept open for supplying the same, fine in grain, and dark in colour, for the mocha dip. 1953N. Teulon-Porter Coll. Mocha Pott. (Stoke-on-Trent Museum & Art Gallery Comm.) 1 There are a few collectors in the field and soon Mocha will vie for attention with lustre or transfer printed pottery. 1961L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pott., Porc. & Glass 67 Mocha ware, so named because of its resemblance to the quartz mocha stone, was in demand for kitchen jugs and mugs and large cups and saucers after its invention about 1780. 1968Canad. Antiques Collector June 17/2 What is Mocha Ware? Sometimes referred to as ‘Leeds Ware’ or ‘banded creamware’ it is a creamware decorated with seaweed or tree silhouettes. This was made from 1787 up to 1903. |