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mous·ing       [mou-zing] Pronunciation Key
–noun Nautical.
a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
[Origin: 1825–35; mouse + -ing1]
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mouse       [n. mous; v. mouz] Pronunciation Key noun, plural mice       [mahys] Pronunciation Key, verb, moused, mous·ing.
–noun
1.any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
2.any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
3.a quiet, timid person.
4.Computers. a palm-sized, button-operated device that can be slid on wheels or ball bearings over a desktop to move the cursor on a CRT to any position, or slid over a drawing in order to recreate the drawing on a CRT. Compare joystick (def. 2).
5.Informal. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
6.Slang. a girl or woman.
–verb (used with object)
7.to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
8.Nautical. to secure with a mousing.
–verb (used without object)
9.to hunt for or catch mice.
10.to prowl about, as if in search of something: The burglar moused about for valuables.
11.to seek or search stealthily or watchfully, as if for prey.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME mous (pl. mis), OE mūs (pl. mȳs); c. G Maus, ON mūs, L mūs, Gk mŷs]

—Related forms
mouselike, adjective
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mouse       (mous)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mice (mīs)
    1. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the common house mouse (Mus musculus), characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
    2. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
  2. A cowardly or timid person.
  3. Informal A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.
  4. pl. mice or mous·es (mous'ĭz) Computer Science A hand-held, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.

intr.v.   (mouz) moused, mous·ing, mous·es
  1. To hunt mice.
  2. To search furtively for something; prowl.


[Middle English mous, from Old English mūs; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.]

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mous·ing       (mou'zĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Nautical
A binding or metal shackle around the point and shank of a hook to prevent it from slipping from an eye.


[From mouse, a large mouselike knot on a rope.]

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Mousing

Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus, AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf. Muscle, Musk.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Murid[ae]. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (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, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc.

Mouse bird (Zo["o]l.), a coly.

Mouse deer (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.

Mouse galago (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl.

Mouse lemur (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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Mousing

Mouse\, v. 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.

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