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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MOZEY, adj. Also mosie, moses. In comb. coal mozey, a coal seam of variable thickness in the Clc. coalfield. [′mo:zi]Clc. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XIV. 621:
Clackmannan coal consists of 4 seams, known by the names of main coal, 9 feet thick; cherry coal, 2 feet 10 inches; splint coal, 2 feet 8 inches; and coal Mozey, 2 feet 3 inches.
Clc. 1902 R. W. Dron Coalfields Scot. 248:
The McNeish Coal and the Coal Mosie are of inferior quality, and have only been worked in patches where they have been found over 3 feet in thickness.
Clc. 1932 Dinham & Haldane Econ. Geog. of Slg. & Clc. Coalfield (H.M.S.O.) 143, 144:
At Whinhall the upper seam is thin, and the lower is called Mosie . . . On the other hand, at Tulligarth, where both seams are of workable thickness, the upper is named Mosie, and the lower Top or Little Splint. . . . It is not now possible to decide which was the original Coal Mosie, but it will be convenient to regard the name as belonging properly to the higher seam.
Clc. 1956 E. H. Francis Econ. Geog. of Slg. & Clc. Coalfield (H.M.S.O.) 22:
Coal Mosie. — The Coal Mosie has been mined extensively only at Craigrie and Forthbank. Workings elsewhere have been on a small scale owing to the variable thickness of the seam. . . . The Coal Mosie is separated from the Blackband, or Upper Mosie, Coal by 25 to 50 ft. of varied strata.

[Phs. a deriv. of Moze, above.]

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