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MOCCASIN (a North-American Indian word, of which the spelling and pronunciation vary in different dialects)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 637 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MIC-MOL
MOCCASIN (a North-American Indian word, of which the spelling and pronunciation vary in different dialects) , a shoe made of deerskin or other soft
leather
 . It is made in one piece; the sole is soft and flexible and the upper
part
  is often adorned with
embroidery
 , beading or other
ornament
 . It is the footwear of the North American Indian tribes and is also worn by hunters, traders and settlers. In botany, the lady's slipper is known in the United States of America, as the "
moccasin
  flower," from its resemblance to a shoe or
moccasin
 . The name moccasin is also given to a venomous snake, found as far north as North Carolina and westward to the Rocky Mountains, and popularly called " cottonmouth," from the
white
  rim around the mouth. It belongs to the family Crotalidae, species Ancistrodon (or Cenchris) piscivorus, is about two feet
long
 , and is often found in marshy
land
 . It is sometimes called the water moccasin to distinguish it from the upland moccasin (Ancistrodon contortrix or atrofuscus), which is commonly called " copperhead " and is found further north in dry and mountainous regions. The name is possibly a distinct word of which the origin has not been traced.


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