·- A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
·vt To cover or overgrow with moss. II. Moss ·noun A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A cant term for lead, because both are found on the tops of buildings. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the pr...
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. ...
·adj Overgrown with moss. ...
·- Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss. ...
The name given by American fishermen to the hard-head (which see). ...
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