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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of the family {Muridae}. The common house mouse ({Mus musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American {white-footed mouse}, or {deer mouse} ({Peromyscus leucopus}, formerly {Hesperomys leucopus}) sometimes lives in houses. See {Dormouse}, {Meadow mouse}, under {Meadow}, and {Harvest mouse}, under {Harvest}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2. [1913 Webster] 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. [1913 Webster] {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field}, {Flying}, etc. {Mouse bird} (Zool.), a coly. {Mouse deer} (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. {Mouse galago} (Zool.), a very small West American galago ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. {Mouse hawk}. (Zool.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}. {Mouse lemur} (Zool.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in Madagascar. {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also {mouse buttock}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mouse \Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mousing}.] 1. To watch for and catch mice. [1913 Webster] 2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mouse \Mouse\, v. t. 1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] "[Death] mousing the flesh of men." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See {Mouse}, n., 2. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn: {shiner}, {black eye}, {mouse}] 3: person who is quiet or timid 4: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" [syn: {mouse}, {computer mouse}] v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {sneak}, {mouse}, {creep}, {pussyfoot}] 2: manipulate the mouse of a computer