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present participle and gerund of mouse examples
countable and uncountable, plural mousings
The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above. examples
(nautical) 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 straightening out. examples
A ratchet movement in a loom. examples
comparative more mousing, superlative most mousing
Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. quotations examples
mousing saints
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […]