Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mouse"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Mouse
Heb. 'akhbar, "swift digger"), properly the dormouse, the
field-mouse (1 Sam. 6:4). In Lev. 11:29, Isa. 66:17 this word is
used generically, and includes the jerboa (Mus jaculus), rat,
hamster (Cricetus), which, though declared to be unclean
animals, were eaten by the Arabs, and are still eaten by the
Bedouins. It is said that no fewer than twenty-three species of
this group ('akhbar=Arab. ferah) of animals inhabit Palestine.
God "laid waste" the people of Ashdod by the terrible visitation
of field-mice, which are like locusts in their destructive
effects (1 Sam. 6:4, 11, 18). Herodotus, the Greek historian,
accounts for the destruction of the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings
19:35) by saying that in the night thousands of mice invaded the
camp and gnawed through the bow-strings, quivers, and shields,
and thus left the Assyrians helpless. (See {SENNACHERIB}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mouse \Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mousing}.]
1. To watch for and catch mice.
2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry
about, on the lookout for something.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. {Mice} (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
{Muscle}, {Musk}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of
the family {Murid[ae]}. The common house mouse ({Mus
musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed, or deer, mouse ({Hesperomys leucopus})
sometimes lives in houses. See {Dormouse}, {Meadow mouse},
under {Meadow}, and {Harvest mouse}, under {Harvest}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mouse \Mouse\, v. t.
1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] ``[Death]
mousing the flesh of men.'' --Shak.
2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a
mousing. See {Mouse}, n., 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mouse
n 1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling
diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on
elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
2: a hand-operated electronic device that moves the cursor on a
computer screen
v 1: to go stealthily or furtively: "..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {sneak}, {creep},
{steal}, {pussyfoot}]
2: manipulate the mouse of a computer
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