Mozy

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Shaggy; hairy..

Definitions by Sense

1. Shaggy; hairy.
2. Musty; starting to decay; tainted.
3. Faded; dingy.
4. Tough, as fruit when frostbitten.
5. (archaic) Muggy.
6. Alternative spelling of mosey.

Example Sentences

The clown, who shaves but once a week, is of course very mozy when he comes under the barber's hands.

Mozy, adj., ...also, as applied to meat, fruit, &c., tainted, musty, beginning to decay.

A calf whose skin is of a dirty grey colour is said to have a mozy look.

Mozy [moa-zi], adj. juiceless, tough, as apples, pears, turnips, &c., are when frostbitten.

Mozy, adj., ' muggy,' as applied to weather, warm and damp ;

And does the gastric unpleasantness still linger around the cardiac end, or has it migrated to the pylorus, and in doing so, did it seem to mozy along the lesser or greater stomachal curvature?

...who drove into a hill town with his ox cart, and they were mozying along the road, and he suddenly came face to face with a new sign he had...

Mozy along.

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Word Forms

• mozies
• mozying
• mozied

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