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Marshy; fenny. [R.] Pennant.

Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams. Old trees are more mossy far than young. Bacon.

Infested with mice; smelling of mice.

Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R. D. Blackmore.

A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] -- Mul`ti*syl*lab"ic, a.

Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]

A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.

Full of news; abounding in information as to current events. [Colloq.]

group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.

king a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

c enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

Consisting of or containing eight syllables.

Octosyllabic.

See Auld lang syne.

A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

Mineralogy. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic, a. -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al, a. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Too busy; officious.

Palsy. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.