Mousing definitions

Mousing

• (a.) Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. • (n.) A ratchet movement in a loom. • (n.) The act of hunting mice. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mouse • (n.) 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.Mo...
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mousing

Wrapping with twine.
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Mousing

Mous'ing adjective Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. ' Mousing saints.' L'Estrange.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/108

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Mousing

Mous'ing noun 1. The act of hunting mice. 2. (Nautical) 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...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/108

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mousing

a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/mousing

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