Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousted
Literary usage of Mousted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott, Andrew Lang (1892)
"... and after marching a few steps in silence abreast of him, he suddenly asked: "
Can ye say wha the carle was wi' the black coat and the mousted head that ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... mousted, adj. 1. Musty, moulded ; covered over with must or mould. V. MUST.
2. Powdered, covered with must or ..."
3. Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays: With a Memoir and an Index by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1860)
"The pension which, long after, enabled poor Cowper to close his melancholy life,
nn- moUsted by duns and bailiffs, was obtained for him by ..."
4. Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott, Andrew Lang (1892)
"... and after marching a few steps in silence abreast of him, he suddenly asked: "
Can ye say wha the carle was wi' the black coat and the mousted head that ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... mousted, adj. 1. Musty, moulded ; covered over with must or mould. V. MUST.
2. Powdered, covered with must or ..."
6. Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays: With a Memoir and an Index by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1860)
"The pension which, long after, enabled poor Cowper to close his melancholy life,
nn- moUsted by duns and bailiffs, was obtained for him by ..."
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