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}]