moleshrew (molshro)

1. An American short-tailed shrew, of the family Soricidæ and genus Blarina, somewhat resembling a small mole. B. brevicauda is the largest and best-known spe molest i a, In this manere he ne geteth hym nat suffisaunce that power for let eth and that moleste [var. molestie ] prikketh. Chaucer, Boëthius, iii. prose 9.