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▪ I. mouche rare.
Also mouch.
[a. F. mouche, a fly, hence a spot, ad. L. musca, a fly.]
†a. A patch of black plaster worn on the face. Obs.
1676Wiseman Surg. i. xxii. 119 From which time it hath continued well, she not having worn any Mouch upon it of late years. 1690Evelyn Mundus Muliebris 6 Mouches for pushes, to be sure, From Paris the tré-fine procure.
b. A natural mark on the face similar in appearance to a patch of plaster.
1859G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 143 In a hoop petticoat, a point lace apron, red-heeled mules, a toupet and a mouche on the left cheek. 1959M. Steen Woman in Back Seat i. i. 8 At the angle of the jaw,..there should be a dark brown mouche, about the size of a small pea.
So † mouˈchet in the same sense. Obs.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Mouchets, Patches for Ladies Faces. 1725in New Cant. Dict.
▪ II. mouche
variant of mooch v., much adv. |