Talk:mousing

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) has some additional definitions, in case anyone has time to format and add them:

Displaying 2 result(s) from the 1913 edition: Mousing (Page: 949) Mous"ing (?), a. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. Mousing saints." L'Estrange.

Mousing (Page: 949) 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.

Source: http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster's&word=mousing

205.162.222.176 20:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)