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mosser|ˈmɒsə(r)|
[f. moss n.1 or v. + -er1.]
†1. One who ‘mosses’ or roofs with moss.
1708Baslow Parish Reg. 21 July in Sheffield Gloss. 322 [Buried,] Edmundus Litlewood de Totley, Moser.
2. A moss-trooper.
1854Denham Tracts (1892) 176 These gentry were also called prickers, riders,..bogtrotters, mossers, snatchers.
3. One who works in a ‘moss’ or bog; one who is engaged in cutting and preparing peats.
1866W. Gregor Dial. Banffsh. 115. 1880 in Jamieson.
4. A collector or gatherer of moss.
1880P. Furnivall Let. (MS.) 5 Sept. 1895Mar. L. Pool Boss in Chapbk. III. 478 Granny had no boat as most of the mossers had. |