† moosen.1
Obsolete. rare.
Pottage; stewed vegetables; a dish of this.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > other vegetable dishes
moose1568
bubble and squeak1762
poipoi1769
smash1785
poi1798
chartreuse1806
mescal1831
bhaji1832
luau1843
stelk1843
macédoine1846
peyote1849
chiffonade1877
mirepoix1877
munyeroo1878
tzimmes1892
maror1893
red flannel hash1902
subgum1902
Roquefort salad1907
caponata1931
pakora1932
Imam Bayildi1935
ratatouille niçoise1938
cauliflower cheese1940
vegeburger1945
saag aloo1967
githeri1973
aloo gobi1974
1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 9 The weomen cookes in the spring time use to gather this herbe, and put it in there potages and mooses with other pot herbes.
1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 20 If that it be eaten in a sallat or in a moose it is good for the stomache and the head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
moosen.2
/muːs/, U.S. /mus/ 1.
a. Originally North American. The largest extant kind of deer, Alces alces, found widely in northern North America and northern Eurasia, and characterized by a long snout, a shoulder hump, and (in the male) broad antlers.The traditional name for this animal in Britain and Europe is elk, but this name is used in North America for the wapiti, Cervus canadensis (see elk n.1 2).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Alces (elk or moose)
elk1486
alce1541
losh1591
ellend1600
orignal1609
ellan1613
moose1614
moose deer1672
elende1697
1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) viii. v. 755 Captaine Thomas Hanham sayled to the Riuer of Sagadahoc 1606. He relateth of their beasts..redde Deare, and a beast bigger, called the Mus.
1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 29 [The animals here include] Moos, a beast bigger then a Stagge; deere, red, and Fallow [etc.].
1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. v. 74 The Elke, which the Salvages call a Mose..is a very large Deare, with [etc.].
1707 Mass. H. S. Coll. 5th Ser. VI. 60 A Mooses Hide, as tough as you may Suppose it, was the best and most of her Diet.
1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 272 We are looking about for American curiosities to send across the Atlantic as presents... Narraganset pacing mares, mooses, wood ducks,..have all been thought of.
1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 202 Cabree and moose are plentiful.
1849 J. Pritts Mirror Border Life 60 Their food was principally the entrails of moose, deer, bears.
1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 39 The lakeside lilies where the bull-moose waits the cow.
1949 Canad. Alpine Jrnl. May 55 We had seen elk, moose, Rocky Mountain goats, and bighorn.
1964 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Dec. 8/7 A few point to the slow resurgence of moose, particularly in the southwest of the province.
1987 L. Erdrich Tracks (1988) v. 101 A moose is dull and has no imagination, although its hearing is particularly keen.
b. The flesh of a moose used as food.
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1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. 19 The Indians say, that they can travel three times as far after a meal of Moose, as after any other animal food.
a1892 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1894) II. 142 Our father..Sat down again to moose and samp In trapper's hut and Indian camp.
1954 R. M. Patterson Dangerous River 67 Faille would probably be along soon and there would be moose for everybody—moose galore.
1993 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Aug. 31/1 We were treated to a traditional Southern Tutchone barbecue of salmon, moose, wild rice and campfire tea.
2. North American. to call (the, also for) moose: to imitate the call of a female moose, usually with a horn, in order to attract males when hunting, etc. See also moose call n. at Compounds 2.
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1858 H. D. Thoreau Chesuncook in Atlantic Monthly July 228/2 Joe's birch horn in the midst of all this silence calling the moose.
1896 W. Pike Through Subarctic Forest v. 95 Nor do the Indians here seem to have any knowledge of calling the moose during the rutting season.
1938 J. M. Gibbon Canad. Mosaic (1939) iii. 59 Where the Micmac Indian ranged, Spearing salmon, calling moose.
1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 5/3 Seminars include: calling for moose, turkey, goose, and deer; arrow-making;..and black-powder basics.
3. A children's outdoor chasing game. rare.
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1925 Dalhousie Rev. 5 321 There is much meandering in the neighbouring woods; and..it is known as the game of ‘moose’.
a1979 S. Scott Âtalôhkâna Nêsta Tipâcimôwina (1995) Gloss. 495/2 Môsokâhcišo..play moose (a children's game: hunter and moose).
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a. slang (derogatory). A woman, esp. one considered to be unattractive. Cf. moose n.3
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1941 Amer. Speech 16 187 Moose, a sister, notably a kid-sister, who informs her mother when her brother is playing stick-ball, shooting dice, etc.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 173 An unattractive female date... Ugliness..ranges from such general terms as beast..to the more specific bear, cow, goose, moose, roach.., squirrel, and wet fish.
1995 Unique June 32/1 Her flatmate (who sadly was a complete moose) bandaged me up and called the Ambulance.
b. colloquial. More generally: a person likened to a moose in size or strength.
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1948 Sat. Evening Post 16 Oct. 130/3 Schaeffer was a moose of a man.
1968 Word Study Dec. 3/2 Moose is sometimes used for any large and strong person, but it is mostly widely applied to large and strong persons of Scandinavian descent.
1977 H. O'Hagan Woman who got on at Jasper Station 24 Clem was young, not more than twenty-five..but he was a moose for work and for travel... On the trail he carried the heavier pack.
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C1. General attributive.
moose flesh n.
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1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. I. 395 'Tis incredible, to tell the Abundance of fat Beaver; Moose Flesh, and Fat, they eat together with the Broath, and Fat, as black as Ink, which they drink.
1717 J. Knight Jrnl. in Founding of Churchill (1932) 164 These Indians gave me a Side of Moose flesh, Dry'd, & another of Deers flesh.
1873 M. E. Braddon Lucius Davoren I. Prol. i. 4 Rare meals of buffalo or moose flesh.
1932 W. B. Hinsdale Distribution Aboriginal Population Mich. 13 Moose abounded, but they probably were not numerous enough..for the Indians to depend upon moose flesh for more than an occasional fortuitous luxury.
2014 J. V. Emberley Testimonial Uncanny vii. 222 These instructions are followed by a detailed account of how Eli is to transport the moose flesh back to Nanapush and Fleur's territory.
moose hair n.
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1820 D. Haskel Harmon's Jrnl. Voy. & Trav. N. Amer. 317 From two points in this bow,..two strips of leather..are suspended, at the ends of which, tassels, composed of moose hair, are fixed.
1956 J. D. Leechman Native Tribes of Canada 43 Some used moose hair for embroidery. There is a tuft of pale, stiffish hair about seven inches long, between the shoulders of the moose.
1994 Canad. Woman Stud. Fall 69/1 The moosehair most suitable for tufting is winter fur, usually six to eight inches long.
moose horn n.
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1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 19 Moose Horns better for Physick use than Harts Horns.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 89 I saw a guide-post surmounted by a pair of Moose-horns.
1989 K. Miller Sunrise till Dark in Journey Prize Anthol. (1990) 214 I had the job of blowing into the moose horn while father positioned himself behind a tree twenty yards downwind.
moose-hunt v.
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1850 C. Lanham Haw-ho-noo 55 I spent nearly a month moose-hunting, last winter.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 230 Some friends of mine..were serenaded by wolves while moose-hunting by moonlight.
1984 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts (1992) 52 He'd..mostly trapped mink and moose-hunted in the Klondike for meat to sell to the miners.
moose hunter n.
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1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean 197 The skill of a moose-hunter is most tried in the early part of winter.
1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Oct. s8/2 In the first two weeks of this year's season, Massey handled nearly 150 fly-in moose hunters.
moose meat n.
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1797 C. Chaboillez Jrnl. in B. C. Payette Northwest (1964) 163 The People returned, they brought 1 Bear skin..8 pieces Mouse Meat half Dryed.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) 276 He found himself dining one day on moose-meat.
1930 L. Munday Mounty's Wife iii. 48 We camped that night with some Indians [and] huge plates of moose meat were served, as good as any beef.
1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 40 The menu..ran to moosemeat pie, beaver tail, fresh salmon, roast caribou, breast of goose.
moose path n.
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1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 467 We paddled on about four miles farther, lingering now and then opposite the black mouth of a moose-path.
1969 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard 17 Oct. 15/5 We were treading on a path, a moose path. It divulged tracks of various sized moose.
moose sinew n.
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1764 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 vi. 464 Their bowstrings were made of Moose sinews.
1866 Atlantic Monthly July 114 A small bean-shaped pebble suspended round his neck by a cord of moose sinew.
1980 R. Laubin & G. Laubin Amer. Indian Archery v. 79 I added a heavy coating of moose sinew to the back [of the bow], going completely over the sides so that only the surface of the horn is exposed.
2014 N. J. Turner Anc. Pathways, Ancestral Knowl. I. 525 Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilis parryii ssp. plesius) was the main component of the robe, with moose sinew, moose thongs, and an unidentified other animal for a ‘collar’.
moose skin n.
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1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan i. vi. 29 They make shooes of Mose skinnes, which is the principall leather used to that purpose.
1775 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1822) 2nd Ser. IX. 162 Donations..1 pair moose-skin breeches.
1805 T. Connor Diary (1933) 269 Seraphin with 1 Man went to pay a visit to Chenier [to] get a Moose Skin.
1971 D. C. Brown Yukon Trophy Trails x. 120 Lonny Johnny, a full-blood Loucheux, was building himself a moose-skin boat.
moose track n.
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1830 J. Tanner Narr. Captivity & Adventures J. Tanner 77 Here we found early one morning, a Moose track, not far from the trading house.
1972 M. S. Harper Song iii. 33 Up the hill in new snow moose tracks.
moose trail n.
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1874 C. Horetzky Canada on Pacific 63 Numerous old buffalo and moose trails could be traced for miles.
1947 Canad. Alpine Jrnl. 95 The next day we followed a moose trail up the steep west side.
C2. † moose deer n. Obsolete = sense 1a.† moose parchment n. North American (Obsolete) parchment made from moosehide.† moose suit n. Obsolete rare a suit of clothes made of moosehide.
mooseberry n. U.S. regional (northern) and Canadian any of several viburnums, esp. the cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, and the hobblebush, V. lantanoides; the fruit of any of these shrubs.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] > American wayfaring-tree > fruit of
mooseberry1801
1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal 111 The women gathered large quantities of the fruit..cranberries, crowberries, mooseberries.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 59 Solomon's seal and mooseberries.
1894 Amer. Folk-Lore 7 90 Viburnum lantanoides, moose-berry, triptoe, hobble-bush, Franconia, N.H.
1942 R. Peattie Friendly Mountains 162 A small shadbush (Amelanchier Bartramiana) and the mooseberry (Viburnum pauciflorum) also made their appearance.
1992 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. v. 24/3 Both a book and a trail guide will warn the forager in no uncertain terms about the small round matte white, pink or shiny red baneberry, also known as snakeberry or mooseberry, beautiful but deadly.
moose-bird n. U.S. regional (northern) and Canadian any of various birds common in Canada; esp. the grey or Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > perisoreus canadensis
whisky jack1743
whisky john1772
moose-bird1832
grease bird1892
1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 150 The moose-bird..feeds on the berries of the moose brush.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 220 Three large slate-colored birds of the jay genus (Garrulus Canadensis), the Canada-jay, moose-bird, meat-bird, or what not.
1890 S. M. St. Maur Impressions of Tenderfoot 273 My friend of the woods, the moose-bird... I found his real name was the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis.
1908 C. Mair Through Mackenzie Basin 384 The Indians call them [sc. phoebes] ‘Moose birds’, as they often use moose hair in lining their nests.
1941 E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-naturalist 270 Presently the wailing of the moose-bird fell on my anxious ear.
1980 C. G. D. Roberts Eyes of Wilderness 112 Half a dozen pairs of impudent little Canada jays, or ‘moose-birds’,..frequently roosted on the backs of their lordly hosts [sc. moose].
moose bush n. North American the hobblebush, Viburnum lantanoides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] > American wayfaring-tree
moose bush1784
wayfaring tree1785
sheep-berry1814
witchhopple1826
hobble-bush1842
hopple1853
wayfarer's tree1853
devil's shoestring1860
tangle-leg1860
1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 23 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 102 This situation..was between two extremely high mountains, and in a very tall wood, the ground covered with an underwood of moose bush.
1868 Amer. Naturalist 1 664 They [sc. moose] will also browse fir and willow and moose bush.
1943 in A. J. M. Smith Bk. Canad. Poetry iii. 176 And the moose-bush in the thicket Glimmers like a scarlet lamp.
moose call n. North American (a) a call made to attract moose, which imitates the animal's natural call; (b) a horn of birch bark or similar device used for making such calls.
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1849 A. Gesner Industr. Resources Nova Scotia 222 The hunter enters the deep recesses of the forest, and imitates [a moose's] lowing in what is termed the ‘moose-call’.
1855 C. Hardy Sporting Adventures in New World I. viii. 162 The moose ‘call’ is a trumpet, made by rolling a sheet of birch-bark into a cone.
1904 C. G. D. Roberts Watchers of Trails 321 An old hunter..had made his joy complete by the gift of the bark ‘moose-call’ itself, a battered old tube with many ‘kills’ to its credit.
1961 H. Maclennan Rivers of Canada 94 I went over to a birch tree and cut off a strip of bark and made myself a moose call.
1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Nov. 6/6 I'd suggest you go to your nearest sporting goods store and buy a moose call.
moose caller n. North American a hunter who uses moose calls; an expert in moose-calling.
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1879 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 173/2 The moose-caller cannot make a fire by which to warm himself, for the smell of smoke is carried a long way.
1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 14/1 This intensive seminar will make you a more proficient moose caller and hunter.
moose-calling n. North American the art or practice of making moose calls.
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1838 United Service Jrnl. July 305 In moose-calling, success mainly depends on the judicious selection of a station.
1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia vi. 167 The September moon is just right for moose calling.
1994 Outdoor Canada May 35/3 Best at blowing his own horn in moose-calling was Ron Farrow of Newtonville, Ontario.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Alces (elk or moose)
elk1486
alce1541
losh1591
ellend1600
orignal1609
ellan1613
moose1614
moose deer1672
elende1697
1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 19 The Moose Deer..is a very goodly Creature.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 305 In the Turf Boggs of Ireland 14 Foot deep, are found not only the Mouse-Deers Horns,..but likewise their whole Sceletons.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 140 It is..known in Europe under the name of the Elk, and in America by that of the Moose-deer.
1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 494 The mooze-deer, called there Caribou.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 24/1 The Elk or Moose Deer (Alces malchis) is the largest of living Cervidæ.
moose elm n. the slippery elm, Ulmus rubra.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun]
wycheOE
elmc1000
ulm-treec1000
witch hazela1400
all-heart1567
ulme1567
white elm1580
wych elm1582
witchen1594
weeping elm1606
trench-elm1676
smooth-leaved elm1731
witch elm1731
water elm1733
slippery elm1748
Scotch elm1769
wahoo1770
American elm1771
red elm1805
witches' elm1808
moose elm1810
cork-elm1813
rock elm1817
swamp elm1817
planer tree1819
Jersey elm1838
winged elm1858
sand elm1878
Exeter-elm1882
1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 39 Red elm,..Slippery elm,..Moose elm,..dans le haut de l'Etat de New York.
1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. (10th Census IX) 122 Ulmus fulva,..Red Elm... Moose Elm.
1949 G. H. Collingwood & W. D. Brush Knowing your Trees 231 In the North the tree is sometimes called moose elm because moose eat both twigs and bark.
moose-fly n. any of several North American bloodsucking flies; esp. a horsefly of the genus Chrysops.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > genus Chrysops > member of
ear fly1806
moose-fly1834
1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 437 The musquitoes and moose flies did their best to render us uncomfortable.
1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 764/1 The lordly moose finds..relief from the torturing moose-fly in the cool depths of the lakes.
1953 A. R. M. Lower Unconventional Voy. 43 Further south, where they are never so numerous, they [sc. bulldog flies] are called horse-flies, or moose-flies.
1987 A. Hultkrantz Native Relig. N. Amer. ii. 28 The fish also have a master, but he is identified with the moose-fly.
moose-head n. (a) the head of a moose, esp. one mounted as a trophy; (b) U.S. regional pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata.
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1806 A. Henry Jrnl. 14 July (1988) I. 203 Our course on setting out was W.S.W. for the Moose Head where we arrived..and stopped at a small Lake to unsaddle and refresh our Horses.]
1853 A. Hunter Washington & Georgetown Directory a46 In this case you will find a number of small mammalia, a moose head and horns, under which are a number of little musk deer from the East Indies.
1860 A. B. Street Woods & Waters xiii. 153 A little wild-grass dingle, with a fringe of silver sand tasselled at the edge with arrowheads and rushes, mingled with Tyrian-dyed mooseheads and golden-globed lily blossoms.
1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 21 This in the books, is called Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata).., but the guides call it moose-head.
1927 M. de la Roche Jalna xxiv. 296 The great moose-head which had been her especial terror in childhood now glared down its long hard nose at her.
1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. c4/1 Some wrongfully presumed the cozy fireside chat (magnificent fieldstone fireplace, moose heads, etc.) took place chez Manning.
moosehide n. the skin of a moose, often treated and used to make clothes, etc.
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1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. I. 395 Every Man has commonly two Wives, whom they..make 'em do all Slavery; as draw Sledds,..and dress Moose Hides.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 92 A St. Francis Indian, with his canoe and moose-hides.
1955 R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy vii. 67 I sat up, pulled my moosehide coat over my sweater, [etc.].
1995 Prairie & City (Western Manitoba) 2/2 (advt.) Materials for do-it-yourselfers: Fur, Cowhide Leather in Assorted Colours, Beads, White Deerskin, Moosehide.
moose hunt n. an expedition to hunt moose.
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1801 J. Minshull Comic Opera iii. 53 To keep up sociable harmony, I will sing you a North American song, called the Moose hunt.
1835 N. Amer. Rev. July 205 The moose hunt..is recommended to them by the dignified associations of hardship and danger.
1876 Forest & Stream 24 Aug. 34/2 Sebatis and Lola went off on a moose hunt.
1995 Northern Ontario: Vacation Guide 14/2 Enjoy a summer vacation, spring fishing trip or fall moose hunt amongst the old growth pine.
moose-hunting n. North American the activity of hunting moose.
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1829 J. Richardson Fauna Amer. I. 234 The art of moose-hunting is looked upon as the greatest of an Indian's acquirements.
1839 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes 58 The deepest snows of winter of course offer the best occasion for moose-hunting.
1990 Outdoor Life Apr. 97/3 Both permittee and subpermittee must attend a moose hunting training seminar prior to the hunt.
moose man n. North American a person who hunts moose; a moose hunter.
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1858 H. D. Thoreau Chesuncook in Atlantic Monthly July 224/2 Moose-men.
1993 Outdoor Canada Sept. 6/3 I am 54 years old, have been a moose man all my life, and have been bowhunting the last 28 years.
moose-maple n. North American regional (chiefly New England) either of two small maples of eastern North America, mountain maple, Acer spicatum, and striped maple, A. pensylvanicum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun]
maple treeOE
maplec1385
plane tree1562
great maple1597
sycamore-tree1597
sycamore1598
sugar-tree1705
sugar maple1731
red maple1767
scarlet maple1768
rock maple1774
white maple1774
silk wood1775
moosewood1778
mountain maple1785
box elder1787
acer1793
sycamore maple1796
mock plane1797
Montpellier maple1797
water maple1803
soft maple1806
sugar-wood1809
swamp maple1810
low maple1813
maple bush1821
Neapolitan maple1833
snake-bark1838
moose-maple1839
sap-tree1843
Manitoba maple1887
Japanese maple1898
curly maple1909
Queensland maple1915
paperbark maple1927
Amur maple1934
1839 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes 38 We would come to a sort of plateau of swampy land, overgrown with moose maple.
1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories vi. 104 He..was holding aside the screen of moose-maples.
1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) vi. 31 There's a kind of..lassitude until that first snow, with the light waning and the last moose-maple leaves dangling from the branches.
moose milk n. Canadian colloquial home-brewed alcohol; (also) a drink consisting of alcohol typically mixed with milk, eggs, and other ingredients; also wild moose milk.
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1926 H. C. Fisher Mutt & Jeff in Morning News Rev. (Florence, South Carolina) 13 Oct. 7 (cartoon caption) Wild moose milk is a powerful gargle.—I don't believe in drinking but the doctor told us an occasional shot of ale is what we need! Lucky I know this speakeasy owner!—Well, let's gargle!
1941 Soda Springs (Idaho) Sun 29 May Along with the dancing was much brawling and lovemaking and the imbibing of a local brand of hooch known as moose-milk.
1957 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 23 Mar. 49/1 A man who had drunk too freely of the native ‘moose milk’ homebrew and started fighting.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 28 Mar. 15/3 We were seated comfortably before the coal stove..drinking hot moose milk (rum and condensed milk).
1995 Ottawa Citizen 8 Feb. b3/5 As a concession to his ulcer he drank rye with milk... He called it moose milk.
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1723 T. McCliesh Let. 23 Aug. in K. G. Davies & A. M. Johnson Lett. from Hudson Bay (1965) 93 (modernized text) We did not trade one hundred moose parchment in one year... The natives bringing of moose parchment with the hair on.
1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean vi. 146 The floor was of planks; and four moose parchment windows, containing a small pane of glass in the centre of each, completed the building.
1908 A. C. Laut Conquest Great Northwest (1914) xviii. 344 Making boats of willow branches and moose parchment skin..the Assiniboines rafted safely across.
moose pasture n. Canadian colloquial (a) a mining claim of little or no value; (b) land which is overgrown or swampy (and hence useful only to moose).
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1899 H. Garland Trail of Goldseekers xxii. 224 No, Sir, I wouldn't give a hundred dollars for the whole damn moose pasture.
1901 H. J. Woodside in North (1964) Nov.–Dec. 6/1 Some miners..started in to stake Eldorado branch, up to that time ‘Reserved as a moose pasture,’ as a wag put it.
1965 F. Symington Tuktu 17 The timberland is interspersed with..willow-and-aldergrown ‘moose pasture’.
1975 E. Iglauer Denison's Ice Road iii. 83 They found somebody who staked a moose pasture—land not known to have anything on it but moose at the time of staking.
1988 B. Cooper Alexander Kennedy Isbister ix. 249 The area..was described as muskeg and moose pasture, bottomless morass, incapable of being drained.
moose shanks n. North American leggings made of moosehide.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other > stockings
under-stockings1605
under-stock1821
silks1836
moose shanks1887
tabi1895
nylons1940
1887 Harper's Mag. Feb. 458/2 ‘Moose shanks’ are made by peeling the skin from the hind legs of the animal. The smaller end is then sewn up to form the toe; and thus a moose-hide stocking is formed.
1952 E. Buckler Mountain & Valley 100 The Rothesays down the road..wore moose shanks with the hair still on them.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > made of specific material
moose suit1645
drugget1670
oiler1889
worsted1905
pinstripe1935
Lovats1937
pin-striper1947
1645 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1849) III. 82 The said Alexander Bradford have giuen to Robert Stowton his Moose Suite and a musket and Sworde.
moose tick n. North American a North American ixodid tick, Dermacentor albipictus, which infests moose and other mammals.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > miscellaneous or unspecified types > dermacentor andersoni or albipictus
moose tick1868
Rocky Mountain wood tick1908
Rocky Mountain fever tick1944
1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 559 The Moose Tick... When the cow arrived in New York, her sides and back were almost covered with adult ticks.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses ii. 30 Here belong the cattle tick.., the moose tick (Dermacentor albipicyus), the lone star tick (Amblyomma americana), and others.
1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 9 Nov. b6 The tiny moose tick and the much more minuscule roundworm..which takes a heavy toll when moose and deer ranges overlap.
moose warden n. U.S. (historical in later use) a person employed to enforce laws relating to moose.
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1853 Acts & Resolves 32nd Legislature State of Maine 24 The governor shall..appoint one county moose warden for each of the counties.
1883 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 83 He had a canoe of birch, and on it he had burnt..the title ‘Moose Warden’, and he said he would take care of all the moose that came within the reach of his rifle.
1988 E. D. Ives George Magoon & Down East Game War (1993) iii. 62 In 1852 the governor was empowered to appoint a moose warden for each county, each of whom could appoint two deputies, but these were unsalaried positions.
2008 D. S. Malachuk in M. D. Burke Maine's Place in Environm. Imagination iii. 59 Later Thoreau reveals his support for such laws by his disdain for a moose warden who fails to uphold them.
moose yard n. North American an area in which the snow has been trodden down by moose, where they have remained together during the winter months.
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific
moose yard1800
tsetse district1851
tsetse country1853
fly-country1864
Notogaea1868
floral zone1870
Ornithogaea1874
Nearctic1877
fly-belt1894
fertile crescent1914
alterne1916
Wallacea1928
pollen zone1929
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Alces (elk or moose) > area frequented by
moose yard1800
1800 C. D. Rouso D'Eres Mem. 117 The animals are overtaken in their retreats (for they herd together..) which is called the Moose yard, formed by them in trampling down the snow.
1946 W. R. Bird Sunrise for Peter 209 Nathan plunged to join him and almost fell into a well-trodden moose-yard.
1995 Gazette (Montreal) 8 July h2 In winter, they dwell together..stamping down the snow into circles called moose yards.
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/muːs/, U.S. /mus/ U.S. Military slang. Now chiefly historical.
A young Japanese or Korean woman, esp. one who is the wife or mistress of a U.S. serviceman stationed in Japan or Korea.
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1953 W. J. Sheldon Troubling of Star 36 First she trotted out three stock model mooses and tried to pass 'em off on me.
1954 Amer. Speech 29 302 To spell the word mus might be a good transcription from the Japanese but..it is the spelling moose that is most encountered in semiformal Army poop sheets; in signs urging Americans..to meet the best mooses in Kyoto, [etc.].
1964 Amer. Speech 39 236 The word moose refers, not without some disdain, to Korean wives of Americans, often soldiers.
1971 R. J. Glasser 365 Days 193 Even his moose was beginning to annoy him.
1986 W. A. Roskey Muffled Shots 82 If a man could not afford..a ‘moose’, he joined the bachelor party excursion trips.
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MOOSEn.4
/muːs/, U.S. /mus/ Astronautics. Now chiefly historical.
An inflatable emergency capsule for the return of an astronaut to earth from orbit, provided with a thruster, heat shield, and parachute.The system was promoted by General Electric Co. of Philadelphia c1966, but not put into production.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > personal equipment used by astronauts
space gun1929
spacewalker1930
umbilical cord1948
backpack1966
MOOSE1966
1966 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. 25/3 Scientists have designed a collapsible space lifecraft equipped with parachute and survival gear... Called Moose, for ‘Manual Orbital Operations Safety Equipment’, the raft and associated gear weigh 254 pounds.
1967 NASA Techn. Rep. DOC-8024-006 (title) Impact test report: Manned Orbital Operations Safety Equipment, MOOSE.
1969 Sc. Sunday Express 14 Dec. 12/8 American engineers have designed a space ‘lifeboat’..known as MOOSE, from the initial letters of Manned Orbital Operations Safety Equipment.
1986 NASA Techn. Rep. AD-A179233 Fifteen alternative escape systems were found that could be used on the manned core portion of the space station complex...These final six, [including] Manned Orbital Escape System (MOSES), MOOSE (Man out of Space Easiest), and Apollo Command Module, were compared.
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