mozy

Adjective

mozy

1. Shaggy; hairy.
   • The clown, who shaves but once a week, is of course very mozy when he comes under the barber's hands.1830, Robert Forby, The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the ... - Page 223
2. Musty; starting to decay; tainted.
   • Mozy, adj., ...also, as applied to meat, fruit, &c., tainted, musty, beginning to decay.1890, John Drummond Robertson, Henry Haughton Reynolds Moreton, A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester - Page 197
3. Faded; dingy.
   • A calf whose skin is of a dirty grey colour is said to have a mozy look.1888, Sidney Oldall Addy, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield - Page 152
4. Tough, as fruit when frostbitten.
   • Mozy [moa-zi], adj. juiceless, tough, as apples, pears, turnips, &c., are when frostbitten.1887, Thomas Darlington, The Folk-speech of South Cheshire - Page 266
5. (archaic) Muggy.
   • Mozy, adj., ' muggy,' as applied to weather, warm and damp ;1890, John Drummond Robertson, Henry Haughton Reynolds Moreton, A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester - Page 197