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Mouse   /maʊs/   Listen
noun
Mouse  n.  (pl. mice)  
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.
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 (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.


verb
Mouse  v. t.  
1.
To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. (Obs.) "(Death) mousing the flesh of men."
2.
(Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.


Mouse  v. i.  (past & past part. moused; pres. part. 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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"Mouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... closed it again. Then they took it in turns to watch from the garret window how the valiant young woman-hunter, the would-be seducer, who had himself fallen into the pit, cooled his heels for hours in the mouse-trap they had prepared for him, and when at last the rain began to fall, they went to bed full of malicious joy, with the house-keys tucked snugly beneath their pillows, and listening with delight to the rain ...
— A Hungarian Nabob • Maurus Jokai
... carried her off home in a paper sack, with her head poking out through a hole in one side, and her tail sticking out the other. Two days later he stopped papa in the post-office and told him, 'Your kitty's caught a mouse.' The next week he met mamma and told her 'Kitty's caught three mice.' Then we didn't see anything more of him for ever so long, and we supposed that was the last of it; but, day before yesterday morning, he came to the door and handed a bundle to mamma, and said he didn't like the kitty as ...
— In Blue Creek Canon • Anna Chapin Ray
... Rene asked questions. Then he sighed, and said, "You explain very well, Monsieur Gamm, but if only I had your opportunities to listen for myself! Do you think these poor people would let me listen to them through my trumpet—for a little money? No?"—Rene's as poor as a church mouse. ...
— Rewards and Fairies • Rudyard Kipling
... arrived, armed with pick and cutlass, and marched in good order to the assault. A breach was soon opened, and the distribution began. The King smiled at the opening in the tart; though vast, it hardly showed more than a mouse hole in ...
— Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know • Various
... for some time after this, and sat with her cold, steady eyes fixed intently on the fire. For my part, I sat as still as a mouse, afraid to stir, longing for my dismissal, and dreading to ...
— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 • Various


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