(n)maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn, Syn.moose-wood, goosefoot maple, striped maple, striped dogwood, Acer pennsylvanicum

chat

(n)an informal conversation, Syn.schmoose, confabulation, schmooze, confab

decamp

(v)leave suddenly, Syn.vamoose, skip

elk

(n)large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America, Syn.Alces alces, European elk, moose

leatherwood

(n)deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers, Syn.wicopy, moose-wood, Dirca palustris, ropebark, moosewood

progressive party

(n)a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose, Syn.Bull Moose Party

shmooze

(v)talk idly or casually and in a friendly way, Syn.jawbone, schmoose, shmoose, schmooze

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bull Moose

. (U. S. Politics) (a) A follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; -- a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on a certain occasion that he felt “like a bull moose.” [ Cant ] (b) The figure of a bull moose used as the party symbol of the Progressive party in the presidential campaign of 1912. -- Bull Mooser. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

moose

n. [ A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie. ] 1. (Zool.) A large cervine mammal (Alces alces syn. Alces machlis, syn Alces Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many Zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose. [ Obsolescent. Cant, from the early 1900's. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. [ capitalized ] A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose. [ PJC ]

Moose bird (Zool.), the Canada jayor whisky jack. See Whisky jack. --
Moose deer. Same as Moose. --
Moose yard (Zool.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moosewood

n. (Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum). (b) Leatherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

vamoose

v. i. & t. [ Sp. vamos let us go. ] To depart quickly; to depart from. [ Written also vamos, and vamose. ] [ Slang, Eng. & U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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