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  1. Flow v., n.1 the water.” Combs.: (1) flow land , marsh land; (2) flow moss , wet, boggy ground; the spongy stands upon the East side of a great flow moss. Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Agric. Peb. 377: Moss the surface like any fluid substance. Hence, the designation of flow-moss or fluid moss. Sc by moss of various depths, which often break into what are called hags, or flow-moss. m.Sc. Highl. Soc. 10: Flow-peat, or flow-moss. . . . It often forms a stratum from 4 to 8 feet deep, is FLOW , v ., n . 1 Also flowe , flouw ). [flʌu] I . v . 1 . Sc. forms of Eng. flow (Sh., Cai., Abd. 1952); esp. to flow strongly, as a burn in spate (Kcb. 1952). Ork. 1880 age, till they are swoln to great masses of spongy matter; these are called Flows , or Flow-mosses. Sinclair Gen. Report Agric. Scot., App. II. 40: The upper stratum, or flow , is composed of a light, Ye'll stick in some flow, Or, ye'll melt in a thow. Gall. 1843 J. Nicholson Tales 104: I 
  2. Moss n., v. sunk into peaty soil and thus been preserved, gen. used as fuel (Per. 1963). Cf . (3); (27) moss-flow , a wet peat bog, a quagmire, swamp (Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 255). Cf. flow moss s.v. Flow Blackface ewe on a “moss flow” on a misty day in company with the mosscrops and the golden plovers. Mry: A Blackface ewe on a “moss-flow” on a misty day. (28) Per. a .1855 P. R. Drummond: The Solway-flow contains 1300 acres of very deep and tender moss. Sc. 1805 W. Aiton Moss MOSS , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A marsh, bog, a tract of soft wet ground (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis , 1808 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Freq. in collocation muir and moss . Hence mossy , boggy, swampy, found in a moss. Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife (1803) 150: In speers gin she has aught to say, But scowrs o'er Highs and Hows a' Day, Throw Moss and Moor. s.Sc. a .1784 Hobie Noble in Child Ballads No. 189 xiii.: He's guided them o'er moss and muir 
  3. Russie n.2 RUSSIE , n . 2 A rush or flow of water, a powerful flow (of the tide). Sh. 1892 
  4. Flaw v.2 ¶ FLAW , v . 2 A pseudo-Sc. form of flow . See Flow , v ., n . 1 Sc. 1827 Wilson 
  5. Cup Moss n. comb. CUP MOSS , n. comb . The lichen, Lecanora tartarea . Bnff. 1812 D. Souter Agric. Bnff. 60: It is a species of moss named cud bear or cup moss . [So denominated from its cup-shaped 
  6. Mussa n. MUSSA , n . A white spongy moss, a lichen (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [Norw. mose , mosa , O.N. mosi , moss. ]  
  7. Quick adj., adv., n. moss , see quots. quick may here be a corruption of Quag , q.v .; (3) the quick and the dead , the very efficacious remedy. (2) Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 2: In Aberdeenshire, moss in the first state is known by the name of quick -moss. Sc. 1807 R. Rennie Peat Moss 155: In the Scotish dialect there is a similar distinction of quick and dead moss. By quick moss, however, is not meant, as Dr Anderson would insinuate, moss that lives, vegetates or grows, but that which trembles and shakes, or in which a person will sink. Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Moss-Earth 44: The terms quick and dead moss, invented by Dr. Anderson, seem no less exceptionable. He denominates the moss of the greatest depth, which is altogether unconnected with vegetable or animal life, the quick moss, and that on the surface, on which plants grow, he calls dead moss. (3) s.Sc. c .1830 
  8. Flow n.2 † FLOW , n . 2 A chimney cowl (Lth. 1825 Jam.). [Orig. obscure. Maybe a variant of Eng 
  9. Swicker v. ¶ SWICKER , v . Of a stream: to ripple, purl, flow briskly. Lth. 1886 Mod. Sc. Poets 
  10. Goldilocks n. Arch. Soc . (June) 29). 2 . The common hair-moss, Polytrichum commune . Sc. 1803 Trans. Highl moss, especially of the bog-moss, and the common goldilocks intermixed with other plants which grow in 
  11. Onlat n. ONLAT , n . Also onlet . The act of setting machinery in motion, esp. by turning on a flow of 
  12. Owerfleete v. † OWERFLEETE , v . To flow over. See Fleet , v ., 2 . Arch . s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell 
  13. Yuckfit n..). Lnk. 1819 Scots Mag. (June) 526: The yuckfit fell on Fauldhouse flow, The pairtrick on Auldton 
  14. Flowie adj. . X. 95). [Appar. from Flow , v . 1 ? Cf . I . 2 . But the word may be a mistake for Florie 
  15. Bobbing Well n. BOBBING WELL , n . A well or spring overgrown with moss. Cf . Bobbin' Quaw . Hdg. 1848 A. Somerville Autobiog. Working Man 14: A “bobbing well,” or quick moss at the bottom of the 
  16. Slunk n.1, in midst of a great flow moss betwixt Clydsdale and Lothian. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland 
  17. Spurge v. pain was spurgin' thro' me. [O.Sc. spurge , to spurt, gush, flow copiously, 1478, Mid.Eng 
  18. Floe n. † FLOE , n . A fishermen's tabu-name for the sea (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). See Flow , n . 1 , 7 
  19. Steep n.3 STEEP , n . 3 A surface peat, one containing the top turf and the underlying moss together words, the proper moss was not sufficient depth for tuskar peats and the “flaymeur” was also small, perhaps only three inches, so that it and the moss, or top and bottom were taken together. [Orig 
  20. Outflow n.-shod wi' low water. [From flow , the rising of the tide.]  

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  1. Flot-mos n. his horse in ane flot mos [1728 flow moss] quhair he could nocht gett out  
  2. Upflaw v. Upflaw , -flow , v . [ Flow v .] intr. To flow up or back. — 1513 Doug. viii ii 
  3. Flow v. Flow , v . Also: flo(u . [ME. flow(e , flowen , OE. flowan .] 1 . intr . Of water or other liquids: To flow. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 32. Youtheid, Of quhome the blude is flowing fludis with gritter force ay flowis b . Of the tide: To flow landward; to rise. c1515 Asl. MS flowand in my weid Ib. 2496. c1460 Wisd. Sol. 395. Now wyll I pas and flow in all Lynd. Mon. 5219. Throuch his falsheid and craftynes He sall flow in to welthynes 1596 Dalr. vi. 47. My hert … That never mair wald flow nor flickir 1562-3 Winȝet II. 48/15. Quhais dois flow to and fra a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxi. 12. I flow from houp to feir, from feir till 
  4. Reflow v. Reflow , v. [e.m.E. and ME reflo- (1387), -flow(e , orig. after L. refluere .] Of the tide: To ebb, flow back. — 1535 Stewart 11704. Syne as the flude begouth for till reflow [etc.]  
  5. Profluence n. Profluence , n. [17th c. Eng. in this sense ( a 1619), current or flow (1633), L. profluentia a flowing forth f. profluere to flow forth.] Fluency, profusion. — 1568 Skeyne Descr 
  6. Perfluens n. Perfluens . (Cf. L. perfluens , -entis pres. p. of perflu-ere to flow through, whence perfluence , f. the same root, with suffix -ence , the action of flowing through, copious flow.) — a1568 
  7. Blus n. Blus , n . [Cf. Blusch , v . 1 ] A gush, flow. — 1583 Sat. P. xlv. 951. He … brusted 
  8. Gorging vbl. n. Gorging , vbl. n. [ Gorge v .] Stopping of the flow. — 1533 Boece xv . vii. 586 
  9. Mos-lef n. Mos-lef(e , Moiss-leiff , Moss-leive , n . [Also in the later dial. (1709).] Permission to cut peat, turf etc. in a moss ( Mos n . 4). — c 1590 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 135. Quharfor I the privilege of] fewall and moss leive furth of the mosses of Duncanstoune 1628 Retours II 
  10. Trill v. Trill , v . [ME and e.m.E. trill (14th c.).] intr. To flow, run. — a1649 Drummond 
  11. Ourflete v. . and intr . To overflow. a . tr . Of a river etc.: To flow over, inundate. b . P.p . and fig, duyll and wa Ourfleit sal all the cite 2 . tr . To allow (time) to flow away. Persauis thow nocht 
  12. Reflowing vbl. n. Reflowing , vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME refloenge (1387), -flow- , f. Reflow v .] The 
  13. Sil v.3. sila to flow.] intr. Of the sun: To go down. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 524. The seymly sone silit 
  14. Raill v.2 ( Raill ,) Rale , v. 2 [e.m.E. and ME rayle ( c 1400), reyle, rail .] Of blood: To flow 
  15. Flotter v.2 Flotter , Flottyr , v . 2 [Of obscure formation.] To flow, or wet, copiously. — 1513 
  16. Out-glyde v.intr. Out-glyde , v. intr . To glide or (of blood) to flow, out. — ?1438 Alex. i . 2564 
  17. Pithiness n. a . 3.) — 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 183. It is not possible that all these effects can flow of 
  18. Randon v. flow swiftly, or b . tr. To set in line. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 248. Apone that riche river 
  19. Mos n. Mos , n . Also: moss(e , mose , mois , moise , moiss(e , mooss , mowse , moas(s)e tennents … to cast and leid thair leitt peitts … in the ordinar moss of Wrie 1677 Stitchill Baron Ct. 79. For not leiding of ten loads of peits from the moss of Home to Stitchell 1682 Urie Baron Ct. 96. To lead … ane leit of peates out of the latch of Glithnoe and moss of Cairntoune ( b this parochin in lenth thrie mylis … all moss 3 . A bog, marsh, mire; also, a tract of bog or wet. II. 324. Quhill it come to the heid of the said blind burne, quhair thair is ane littill moss 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 10. For the relief of these who had thair lands overflowed be the moss. Mosse 1627 Rep. Parishes 36. It haith nather moss nor lymestane 1632 Cullen B. Rec peittis nor elding out of the hill nor moss 1638 Aboyne Rec. 287. 1652 Aberd. B. Rec Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 247. Ane insoume and tua hill soume and halff moss and moor 1674 
  20. Stallengit adj. moss that na man cast feall nor wther guiding thairin in tym cuming … except the stallengers of this burghe as thai war wont … as thair proper moss pertening to thame  

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