mossy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MOSS'Y, adjective Overgrown with moss; abounding with moss. Old trees are more mossy than young. 1. Shaded or covered with moss, or bordered with moss; as mossy brooks; mossy fountains.
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