Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mousing"
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)
Mousing \Mous"ing\, a.
Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. ``Mousing
saints.'' --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mousing \Mous"ing\, n.
1. The act of hunting mice.
2. (Naut.) 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.
3. A ratchet movement in a loom.
{Mousing hook}, a hook with an attachment which prevents its
unhooking.
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