Moses \Mo"ses\, n. A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
Moses n 1: (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai 2: United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961) [syn: {Grandma Moses}, {Anne Mary Robertson Moses}]