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mouse, n. [OE. mous, mus, AS. m, pl. m; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m mouse, mush to steal. √277. Cf. Muscle, Musk.].
- Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus
Mus and various related genera of the familyMuridæ . The common house mouse (Mus musculus ) is found in nearly all countries. The Americanwhite-footed mouse , ordeer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus , formerlyHesperomys leucopus ) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse,Meadow mouse , under Meadow, andHarvest mouse , under Harvest. [1913 Webster] - A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. [1913 Webster]
- A familiar term of endearment. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [1913 Webster]
- A match used in firing guns or blasting. [1913 Webster]
mouse, v. i.
- To watch for and catch mice. [1913 Webster]
- To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something. [1913 Webster]
mouse, v. t.
- To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse,
n. , 2. [1913 Webster]
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mouse, n. & v.
--n. (pl. mice)
1 a any of various small rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus. b any of several similar rodents such as a small shrew or vole.
2 a timid or feeble person.
3 Computing a small hand-held device which controls the cursor on a VDU screen.
4 sl. a black eye.
--v.intr. also 1 (esp. of a cat, owl, etc.) hunt for or catch mice.
2 (foll. by about) search industriously; prowl about as if searching.
--n. (pl. mice)
1 a any of various small rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus. b any of several similar rodents such as a small shrew or vole.
2 a timid or feeble person.
3 Computing a small hand-held device which controls the cursor on a VDU screen.
4 sl. a black eye.
--v.intr. also 1 (esp. of a cat, owl, etc.) hunt for or catch mice.
2 (foll. by about) search industriously; prowl about as if searching.
Idiom
mouse-coloured
1 dark-grey with a yellow tinge.
2 nondescript light brown. mouse deer a chevrotain. mouse hare a pika.
1 dark-grey with a yellow tinge.
2 nondescript light brown. mouse deer a chevrotain. mouse hare a pika.
Derivative
mouselike adj. & adv. mouser n.
Etymology
OE mus, pl. mys f. Gmc
DEVIL DICTIONARY
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n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christians were thrown to the lions, so centuries earlier in Otumwee, the most ancient and famous city of the world, female heretics were thrown to the mice. Jakak-Zotp, the historian, the only Otumwump whose writings have descended to us, says that these martyrs met their death with little dignity and much exertion. He even attempts to exculpate the mice (such is the malice of bigotry) by declaring that the unfortunate women perished, some from exhaustion, some of broken necks from falling over their own feet, and some from lack of restoratives. The mice, he avers, enjoyed the pleasures of the chase with composure. But if "Roman history is nine-tenths lying," we can hardly expect a smaller proportion of that rhetorical figure in the annals of a people capable of so incredible cruelty to a lovely women; for a hard heart has a false tongue.THESAURUS
mouse
Milquetoast, baby, bantam, banty, big baby, black eye, black-and-blue mark, bruise, busybody, button, chick, chicken, chicken liver, chit, contusion, coward, creep, diminutive, ecchymosis, featherweight, fingerling, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gal, girl, glide, invertebrate, jellyfish, lady friend, lass, lightweight, lily liver, milksop, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, modest violet, nose, nubbin, peewee, poke, pony, pry, runt, scaredy-cat, shiner, shrimp, shrinking violet, sissy, slide, slip, small fry, snip, snippet, snook, tit, wart, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, wispROGET THESAURUS
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Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.Inquiry
VB make inquiry, inquire, ask, seek, search, look for, look about for, look out for, scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round, look over, go over, look through, go through, spy, overhaul, ask about, inquire about, scratch the head, slap the forehead, look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry into every hole and corner, nose, trace up, search out, hunt down, hunt out, fish out, ferret out, unearth, leave no stone unturned, seek a clue, seek a clew, hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace, follow the trail, follow the scent, pursue, beat up one's quarters, fish for, feel for, investigate, take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry, carry out an inquiry, prosecute an inquiry, look at, look into, preexamine, discuss, canvass, agitate, examine, study, consider, calculate, dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into, make sure of, probe, sound, fathom, probe to the bottom, probe to the quick, scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow, view in all its phases, try in all its phases, thresh out, bring in question, bring into question, subject to examination, put to the proof, audit, tax, pass in review, take into consideration, take counsel, question, demand, put the question, pop the question, propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question, question, put to the question, interrogate, pump, subject to interrogation, subject to examination, cross-question, cross-examine, press for an answer, give the third degree, put to the inquisition, dodge, catechize, require an answer, pick the brains of, suck the brains of, feel the pulse, get the lay of the land, see how the wind is blowing, put one's ear to the ground, be in question, undergo examination.Also see definition of "mouse" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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