Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mossback"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mossback \Moss"back`\, n.
A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion
that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with
moss. [Political Slang, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mossback
n : an elderly man [syn: {old-timer}, {gaffer}, {old geezer}, {antique}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.