Mouse"tail` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus),
in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes,
and so resembles the tail of a mouse.
Mous"ie (?), n. Diminutive for Mouse. Burns.
Mous"ing (?), a. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.
"Mousing saints." L'Estrange.
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.