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noun

Mousing n.

The act of hunting mice.

(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.

A ratchet movement in a loom.

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

adjective

Mousing adj. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints."

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Etymology of 'Mousing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mousing" Quotes from Famous Books

... the plaine was felde, And soone her bodie turn'd to ashes colde. I saw the foule that doth the light dispise Out of her dust like to a worme arise. [* Haughtie, lofty.] [** Raught, reached.] [VII. 1-14.— "A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl ...

— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser

... but twenty-five feet over all. She had lived since 1864 in inland waters, mousing about rivers, and lying comfortably in mudbanks. She had a sprit seventeen foot outboard, and I appeal to the Trinity Brothers to explain what that means; a sprit dangerous and horrible where there are waves; a sprit that will catch every sea and wet the foot of your jib in the best of weathers; ...

— Hills and the Sea • H. Belloc

... "thy chamber smacks of treason: it must be purged from this suspicion. This mousing owl will search the crannies even of a woman's wits ere he sate his appetite for discovery. Hast aught plotting in the hem of thy purfle, or in thy holiday ruff and fardingale? Come with us, wench;—the ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... "Lies, lies! I have had them read to me, and the people who make them should be shot. Hear you now. You shall write to them and say: 'Selig Brounckers is a merciful man and a just. He is not as zwart as he is painted. He caught me mousing round his hoofd laager at Tweipans—and what does he do?'" The pause was impressive. Then the roaring ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... brings you in sight of a fox, as his ears are much sharper than yours, and his tread much lighter. But if the fox is mousing in the fields, and you discover him before he does you, you may, the wind favoring, call him within a few paces of you. Secrete yourself behind the fence, or some other object, and squeak as nearly like a mouse as possible. ...

— Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers • John Burroughs

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