(also mouch)Scottish (now chieflynorthern and north-east. )
noun
A moth; especially a clothes moth.
Origin
Mid 17th century. Variant of moth.
moch2
/mɒx/
Scottish and Irish English (northern )
adjective
Moist, damp; mouldy, putrescent; humid, muggy.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Gavin Douglas (c1476–1522), poet and bishop of Dunkeld. Origin uncertain; probably from a Germanic base related to mug.