mossern.

Brit.

/ˈmɒsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔsər/,

/ˈmɑsər/

Forms: 1700s moser, 1800s– mosser; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– mosser.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moss n.¹, moss v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: In sense 1 < moss n.¹ + -er suffix¹; in subsequent senses < moss n.¹ or moss v. + -er suffix¹.

Now rare (chiefly historical).

1. Scottish History. = moss-trooper n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun]

brigand1421

snaphance1539

thief errant1553

freebooter1570

filibuster1591

bandit1594

Robin Hood1597

mosser1651

moss-trooper1651

free-rider1821

cateran1870

1651 in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Commonw. (1895) 28 Steelhand the Mosser..hath dispersed his followers.

1654 Order Gen. Monck. 11 Nov. in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Protectorate (1899) p. xxxiv The mossers and vagabonds in the borders between England and Scotland.

1854 M. A. Denham Tracts (1892) 176 These gentry were also called prickers, riders,..bogtrotters, mossers, snatchers.

1979 F. D. Dow Cromwellian Scotl. 19 The most notorious of these ‘mossers’ in the north were Capt. Augustine and Capt. Gordon.

†2. A person who mosses roofs (moss v. 2b). Obsolete.

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1708 Baslow Parish Reg. 21 July in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 322 [Buried,] Edmundus Litlewood de Totley, Moser.

3. Scottish and Irish English. A person who cuts and prepares peat in a moss or bog. Now historical.

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1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 115 Mosser, one who is engaged in cutting and preparing peats.

1951 Buchan Observer 3 July 7/1 The casting was sometimes given over to men who then laid themselves [out] as mossers for the two months, mid April to mid June.

1993 Common Ground June 18/1 They have struggled to negotiate fair prices for commercial Irish moss and they were the force behind two strikes by mossers.

4. A collector or gatherer of moss (chiefly Irish English); (also) a person who removes moss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picker or gatherer other things

mosser1880

cherry-picker1890

cocksfooter1891

1880 P. Furnivall Let. (MS) 5 Sept. in N.E.D. (1908) Mosser [one who collects moss].

1888 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 510 The workers are divided into gangs of five men each—two ‘barkers’, two ‘mossers’, and a man to split and roll up bark into balls. The first operation is the removal of the covering of moss [etc.].

1895 M. L. Pool Boss in Chapbk. III. 478 Granny had no boat as most of the mossers had.

1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift i. 54 These are the mossers..who know where the Irish moss grows on the deep cold ledges.

1998 Canad. Geographic Sept. 26/1 Irish moss has been an important crop on P.E.I. for so long that unique Island terms have grown up around its collection. The noun mosser refers to one who harvests the seaweed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mosser
释义	mossern. Brit. /ˈmɒsə/, U.S. /ˈmɔsər/, /ˈmɑsər/ Forms: 1700s moser, 1800s– mosser; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– mosser. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moss n.¹, moss v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: In sense 1 < moss n.¹ + -er suffix¹; in subsequent senses < moss n.¹ or moss v. + -er suffix¹. Now rare (chiefly historical). 1. Scottish History. = moss-trooper n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 1651 in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Commonw. (1895) 28 Steelhand the Mosser..hath dispersed his followers. 1654 Order Gen. Monck. 11 Nov. in C. H. Firth Scotl. & Protectorate (1899) p. xxxiv The mossers and vagabonds in the borders between England and Scotland. 1854 M. A. Denham Tracts (1892) 176 These gentry were also called prickers, riders,..bogtrotters, mossers, snatchers. 1979 F. D. Dow Cromwellian Scotl. 19 The most notorious of these ‘mossers’ in the north were Capt. Augustine and Capt. Gordon. †2. A person who mosses roofs (moss v. 2b). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1708 Baslow Parish Reg. 21 July in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 322 [Buried,] Edmundus Litlewood de Totley, Moser. 3. Scottish and Irish English. A person who cuts and prepares peat in a moss or bog. Now historical. ΚΠ 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 115 Mosser, one who is engaged in cutting and preparing peats. 1951 Buchan Observer 3 July 7/1 The casting was sometimes given over to men who then laid themselves [out] as mossers for the two months, mid April to mid June. 1993 Common Ground June 18/1 They have struggled to negotiate fair prices for commercial Irish moss and they were the force behind two strikes by mossers. 4. A collector or gatherer of moss (chiefly Irish English); (also) a person who removes moss. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picker or gatherer other things mosser1880 cherry-picker1890 cocksfooter1891 1880 P. Furnivall Let. (MS) 5 Sept. in N.E.D. (1908) Mosser [one who collects moss]. 1888 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 510 The workers are divided into gangs of five men each—two ‘barkers’, two ‘mossers’, and a man to split and roll up bark into balls. The first operation is the removal of the covering of moss [etc.]. 1895 M. L. Pool Boss in Chapbk. III. 478 Granny had no boat as most of the mossers had. 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift i. 54 These are the mossers..who know where the Irish moss grows on the deep cold ledges. 1998 Canad. Geographic Sept. 26/1 Irish moss has been an important crop on P.E.I. for so long that unique Island terms have grown up around its collection. The noun mosser refers to one who harvests the seaweed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651
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