Verb

(en verb)

(chiefly, US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.

*1910 , , Kilmeny of the Orchard , chapter 1:

*:Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.

(chiefly, US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

*1919 , , A Man Four-Square , chapter 6:

*:We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.

Verb

(straggl)

To stray from the road, course or line of march.

He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.

To wander about; ramble.

* L'Estrange

The wolf spied out a straggling kid.

To spread at irregular intervals.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs

To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.

* Mortimer

Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out.

To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.

* Sir Walter Scott

straggling pistol shots

* Sir Walter Raleigh

They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.