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mos, mousse^ &c." Littre. Mousse, in French, is only used for the 

 plant, except when it means cabin boy. 



^^ Moss. 1. a boggy place, a morass; 2. a place where peats 

 may be dug." 



Suio-Goth. Flotmosa and ovun flow -moss are nearly allied. 



" Flow-moss, a watery moss, a morass." Jamieson and Brockett, 



'■^ Moss, a morass." Halliwell. 



See Meee, Miee. 



Examples : — 



Beldoo Moss — on high ground surrounded by hills and over- 

 looking a Eoman fort on the road from Brough to Bowes. Quere, 

 one of the high places of Bel or Baal, or from A.-S. beldo, bold- 

 ness, or B(bI, a funeral pile, a burning, or Wei. vel, tumult, 

 havoc, war, or hela, to wrangle, bicker, war. 



Bink Moss — moss with a " mount " at it. See Bink. 



Low Bink Moss. 



Blind Gill Moss — moss at the gill not open above. 



Brown Rigg Moss. Causey Moss — at the causeway. 



Dry Eigg Moss. Greystone Moss. 



Flat Moss, or Meet Moss. Hare Moss. 



Harthope Moss — of the hope of the hart. See Hope. 



Howden Moss — of the dene of the hill. 



Long Grain Moss — moss with a long drain through or from it. 



Mawk Hole Moss — so called because the sheep grazing upon 

 it were very liable to be ' struck ' by a kind of ' flea,' and have 

 their fleeces filled with mawks or maggots. Bell. 



Mercy Gill Moss — ? from some bygone act of mercy. 



Moss Close — enclosure of land near a moss or bog. 



Moss Shop — shop in connection with a mine near a bog. 



Mossmire — a boggy, mossy place, almost tautological. 



Philip Beed Moss — Philip Reed's Moss. The possessive s is 

 very commonly dropped in Yorkshire. 



Red Gill Moss. 



Shacklesborough Moss — moss near Shacklesboreugh. See 

 BoEOTJGH and Shacklesbokotjgh. 



Shot Moss. Slate Quarry Moss. 



Staple Moss — near a small sinking or pit, called a staple. 



