The Eloquent Shakespeare: A Pronouncing Dictionary for the Complete Dramatic Works with Notes to Untie the Modern Tongue

“Mose: The meaning of this word, and the phrase in which it appears, i.e. ‘to mose in the chine’ (TS, III. ii.48‐49) is a mystery; therefore, the pronunciation proffered... is entirely conjectural. ‘Mose’ doesn't seem to show up anywhere else in the literature... (See Brian Morris' annotation for the line, The Arden Shakespeare, 1981, for a more in‐depth discussion of the matter)”. Compiler Gary Logan has better luck with “murther”, where he gives a particularly detailed account, quoting among other authorities, Simon Daines Orthoepia Anglican of 1640 and The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1995).

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