mossie

¹ British  

/ ˈmɒzɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for mosquito

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mossie ² British  

/ ˈmɒsɪ /

noun

1. another name for the Cape sparrow

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Etymology

Origin of mossie

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Rais'd of grassie terf Thir Table was, and mossie seats had round, And on her ample Square from side to side All Autumn pil'd, though Spring and Autumn here Danc'd hand in hand.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

These gardens somewhat remind one of these lines, quoted by Barnaby Gooche: Have fountaines sweet at hand, or mossie waters, Or pleasaunt brooke, that passing through the meads, is sweetly seene.

From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel

If in charnell houses, Caves, Horrid grots and mossie graves, Where the mandraks hideous howles Welcome bodies voide of soules, My power extends, why may not I Hugg those who are condemd to dy?

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)