| 释义 |
moze, v.|məʊz|
In 6 moise, 7 mose.
[Perh. a derivative of moss n.1 (in the sense of ‘nap’: cf. moss n.1 5).]
trans. To gig (cloth); to subject to the operation of a gig-mill. Hence ˈmozing vbl. n.
1505–6Corporation Minutes York IX. 32 (MS.) To crop and moise every suche clothe. 1633Proclam. in Rymer Foedera XIX. 446/1 Whereas..the use of Gigmills is forbidden..yet of late time the same Mills are used under the name of mosing Mills. Ibid., All mosing Mills shall be taken down before Midsomer next. 1842Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XXI. 934/2 After being sheared, it is subject to the gig-mill in one direction only, which is called mozing. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Mozing, gigging of cloth. |