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A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.

Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.

Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia.

A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short- horned buffalo, and bush cow.

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

atic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.

An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.

The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus); the bluecap.

The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.

To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. Shak.

l America. -- Bush tit (Zoöl.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California.

eported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch.

A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.

A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

ng from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.

dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. Hooker. What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word Shak.