'Mousing' definitions:

Definition of 'Mousing'

From: GCIDE
  • Mousing \Mous"ing\, a. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mousing'

From: GCIDE
  • Mousing \Mous"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of hunting mice. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A ratchet movement in a loom. [1913 Webster]
  • Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mousing'

From: GCIDE
  • Mouse \Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moused; p. pr. & vb. n. Mousing.]
  • 1. To watch for and catch mice. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something. [1913 Webster]

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