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Webster 1913 Edition
Mouse
Mouse
(mous)
, Noun.
pl.
Mice
(mīs)
. 1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus
Mus
and various related genera of the family Muridae
. The common house mouse (Mus musculus
) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse
, or deer mouse
(Peromyscus leucopus
, formerly Hesperomys leucopus
) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse
, Meadow mouse
, under Meadow
, and Harvest mouse
, under Harvest
. 2.
(Naut.)
(a)
A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
(b)
Same as 2d
Mousing
, 2. 3.
A familiar term of endearment.
Shak.
4.
A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.
[Slang]
5.
A match used in firing guns or blasting.
Field mouse
, Flying mouse
Mouse bird
(Zool.)
, a coly.
– Mouse deer
(Zool.)
, a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
– Mouse galago
(Zool.)
, a very small West American galago (
– Galago murinus
). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. Mouse hawk
. (Zool.)
(a)
A hawk that devours mice
. (b)
The hawk owl; – called also
– mouse owl
. Mouse lemur
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus
– Chirogaleus
, found in Madagascar. Mouse piece
(Cookery)
, the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; – called also
mouse buttock
.Mouse
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moused
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mousing
.] 1.
To watch for and catch mice.
2.
To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.
Mouse
,Verb.
T.
1.
To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
[Obs.]
“[Death] mousing the flesh of men.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mouse
MOUSE
,Noun.
1.
A small animal of the genus Mus, inhabiting houses. The name is also applied to many other species of the genus, as the field mouse, meadow mouse, rock mouse, &c.2.
Among seamen, a knob formed on a rope by spun yarn or parceling.MOUSE
, v.i.. mouz. To catch mice.MOUSE
,Verb.
T.
To mouse a hook, with seamen, is to fasten a small line across the upper part to prevent unhooking.