n.
1 soft pulp.
2 feeble sentimentality.
3 US maize porridge.
Derivatives:
mushy adj. (mushier, mushiest). mushily adv. mushiness n.
Etymology: app. var. of MASH
2.
v. & n. US
—v.intr.
1 (in imper.) used as a command to dogs pulling a sledge to urge them forward.
2 go on a journey across snow with a dog-sledge.
—n. a journey across snow with a dog-sledge.
Etymology: prob. corrupt. f. F marchons imper. of marcher advance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.