1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Moey, a petition.
Moffling-chete, subs. (old).—See Muffling-cheat.
Mofussil, subs. and adj. (Anglo-Indian).—Any part of India except the
three capitals, Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras: specifically rural;
provincial.
1772. Order of Council of H. E. I. C. in Claim of Roy Rada Churn.
13. 2. In each district shall be established two Courts of
Judicature: one by the name of the mofussil Audauler or Provincial
Court of Dewannee.
1845. The Mofussilite [Title]. Published in Calcutta.
1863. G. A. Sala, Breakfast in Bed, Essay I. p. 11 (1864). ‘The
conduct of the Indian government with reference to the Gwalior
bungalows, the farming of mofussils to Kansamahs.’
Moggy, subs. (old).—1. A badly-dressed woman; a guy (q.v.).