MOUSING

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

2.
n.

The act of hunting mice.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

A ratchet movement in a loom. Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.


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