1557. Tusser, Husbandrie [E. E. T. S. 91, 38, 3]. If foxes mouse
them, then watch or house them.
1596. Shakspeare, King John, ii. 1. line 354. And now he feasts,
mousing the flesh of kings.
1675. Wycherley, Country Wife, ii. 1. He told me none but naughty
women sat there whom they tous’d and mous’d.