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Mouse
(Mouse), v. t.

1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] "[Death] mousing the flesh of men." Shak.

2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.

Mouse-ear
(Mouse"-ear`) n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).

Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). — Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.

Mousefish
(Mouse"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) See Frogfish.

Mousehole
(Mouse"hole`) n. A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

Mousekin
(Mouse"kin) n. A little mouse. Thackeray.

Mouser
(Mous"er) n.

1. A cat that catches mice.

2. One who pries about on the lookout for something.

Mousetail
(Mouse"tail`) n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

Mousie
(Mous"ie) n. Diminutive for Mouse. Burns.

Mousing
(Mous"ing) a. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

Mousing
(Mous"ing), n.

1. The act of hunting mice.

2. (Naut.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.

3. A ratchet movement in a loom.

Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

Mousle
(Mou"sle) v. t. To sport with roughly; to rumple. [Written also mouzle.] [Obs.] Wycherley.

Mousseline
(||Mousse`line") n. [F.] Muslin.

||Mousseline de laine[F., muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine. See under Muslin. — Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as wineglasses, etc.

Moustache
(Mous`tache") n. [F.] Mustache.

Mousy
(Mous"y) a. Infested with mice; smelling of mice.

Moutan
(Mou"tan) n. (Bot.) The Chinese tree peony a shrub with large flowers of various colors.