mourning stuff (morningstuf)

A lusterle black textile material, such as crape, cashmere, or merino, regarded as especially fitted for mourning-garments. mourning-widow (mor'ning-wid'ō), n. 1. A dusky-petaled geranium of central and western Europe, Geranium phœum. -2. Same as mourn ing -bride. mournivalt, n. See murnival. mourn some (mõrn's um), a. [ mūs) muscle, muscular, etc.] 1. A small rodent quadruped, Mus musculus, of the family Murida: a name extended to very many of the Mouse ( Mus musculus). smaller species of the same family, the larger ones being usually called rats. Mice proper, belonging to the genus Mus, are indigenous to the old only, though M. musculus has been introduced and naturalized everywhere. The native mice of America all belong to a different section of Muridæ called Sig modontes, and to such genera as Hesperomys. See cuts under deer -mouse, Arvicola, and Evotomys. [ Mouse, like rat, enters into many compounds indicating different species or varieties of murines, and many other small quadrupeds, not of the same family, or even of the same order: as, harvest- mouse, meadow- mouse, field- mouse. See these words.] Now yif thou saye a mous amonges oother mus us [var. myse] that chalengede to hymself-ward ryht and power over alle other mysus [var. myse ], how gret scorn wold ist how han of it! Chaucer, Boëthius, ii. prose 6. 2. Some animal like or likened to a mouse, as a shrew or bat. See shrew - mouse. And there ben also Myse als grete as Houndes; and zalowe Myse als grete as Ravenes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 291. 3. A moth of the family Amphipyrida.-4. Some little bird: used in composition: as, sea mouse and sand- mouse, the dunlin or purre, Tringa alpina, a sandpiper. [Local, Eng.] 5. A familiar term of endearment. IMG:content-1023.png:[blocks in formation] 6. Naut.: (at) A knob formed on a rope by spunyarn or parceling, to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Two or three turns of spunyarn or rope-yarn about the point and shank of a hook, to keep it from unhooking. Also called mousing.-7. A particular piece of beef or mutton below the round; the part immediately above the knee-joint. Also called mouse piece and mouse - buttock.-8. A match used in blasting.-9. A swelling caused by a blow; a black eye. [Slang.] - Economist mouse. See eco no mist.-Hare-tailed mouse. Same as lemming. - Leathern mouse, a bat.-Long-tailed mouse, one of the Murine, as the common European wood-mouse, Mus sylva tic us, or the American deer-mouse, Hesperomys leucopus: so called in distinction from the short-tailed field-mice, voles, or Arvicoline. - Pharaoh's mouse. Same as Pha raoh's rat (which see, under rat ). mouse (mouz), v.; pret. and pp. moused, ppr. mousing. [ Your pu , demure and pensive, seems Too fat to mouse . F. Locker , My Neighbour Rose. 2. To watch or pursue something in a sly or insidious manner. A whole a embly of mousing saints, under the mask of zeal and good nature, lay many kingdoms in blood. Sir R. L'Estrange. A mousing , learned New Hampshire lawyer. H. Cabot Lodge , Daniel Webster, p. 107. 3. To move about softly or cautiously, like a cat hunting mice; prowl. When we were not on the water, we both liked to mouse about the queer streets and quaint old houses of that region. T. W. Higginson, Oldport, p. 62. II. trans. 1. To tear as a cat tears a mouse. And now he feasts, mousing the flesh of men. Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 354. 2. To hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice. [Rare.] He preached for various country congregations, and usually returned laden with boxes and bundles of literary odds and ends, moused from rural attics and bought or begged for his collection. New York Evangelist, Oct. 20, 1864. IMG:content-1024.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1025.png:[blocks in formation] mousery (mous'er-i), n.; pl. mouseries (-iz). [ The disturbance of this populous mousery by the visits of owls. F. A. Lucas , The Auk, V. 280. edne ; near-sighted ne . mousetail (mous'tāl), n. A plant of the genus ceptacle. mousetail-gra (mous'tāl-gras), n. 1. One of the foxtail-gra es, Alopecurus agrestis .-2. Another gra , Festuca Myurus . mouse-thorn (mous'thôrn), n. The star-thistle, Centaurea Calcitrapa , in the form commonly known as C. my acantha . The involucre bears -2. A certain mathematical problem. It is as fol- lows: Let a given number of objects be arranged in a circle and counted round and round, and let every one against which any multiple of a given number is pronounced be thrown out when this happens; then, which one will be left to the last? - Mouse-trap switch, in elect ., an auto- matic switch which is shifted from one position to an- other when the current pa ing through the coil of a con- trolling magnet falls below a certain limit, in which case the released armature draws away a detent and allows the movement of the switch. cre , Sisymbrium Thalian a . - Mouse-ear everlasting, a common composite plant of North America, Antenna ria plan tag in i folia , with whitish heads in small corymbs, blooming very early in the spring. Also called plantain leafed everlasting. Mouse-ear hawkweed. See def. 1. -Mouse-ear scorpion-gra , Myosotis palustris . mouse-fallt (mous'fâl), n. [ME. mousfalle , mowsefelle, mowsfalle; fall .] A mousing (mou'zing), a. and n. mouse-trap (mous'trap), v . t . [ trap , n.] To catch, as a mouse, in a trap; entrap. mousie (mou'si), n. A diminutive of mouse . [Scotch.] mouse-trap which falls on the mouse. mouse-fish (mous'fish), n. An antennarioid fish, Pterophryne histrio , which is party-colored, and chiefly inhabits the Sarga o Sea, where it builds a sort of nest. The skin is smooth and pro- vided with tag-like appendages, the mouth is oblique, the ventral fins are long, and the dorsal and anal fins are well developed. Also called marbled angler , frogfish , and toad- fish . See cut under Pterophryne . mouse-gra (mous'gras), n. 1. A gra , Aira caryophyllea, having short soft leaves. [Local, Eng.]-2. Another gra , Dichelachne crinita , of similar habit. [Australia.] mouse-hawk (mous'hak), n. The rough-legged bustard. See Arch i buteo . [New Eng.] mouse-hole (mous'hōl), n . Aye, you have been a mouse - hunt in your time, But I will watch you from such watching now. But, Mousie , thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain. Burns , To a Mouse. I. a. Mouse- A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd. IMG:content-1026.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic] invertebrates, as the enormous blage of arthropods, the basis of the mouth is clearly seen to be modified limbs, f. and the jaws work sidewise. In other cases the mouth, position and charac- ter in each case, varies to deli to be defined excepting as the ingestive ori. S may act as a tempo- rary mouth; and in absorbed directly through the integu- IMG:content-1027.jpg:[ocr errors] sects and crusta- ceans (see cut under mouth - part ). See os2, Hys mowthe , hys nose, hys eyn too, Hys berd, hys here he ded also. 2. Specifically - ( a ) The human mouth regard- ed as the channel of vocal utterance. A oyne... excuse sent by the mouth of another for non-appearance when summoned. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 464. Now that he is dead, his immortall fame surviveth, and flourish eth in the mouthes of all people. Spenser, State of Ireland. (b) The interior hollow of the mouth; the buccal cavity: as, inflammation of the mouth and throat. (c) The exterior opening or orifice of the mouth; the lips: as, a well-formed mouth ; a ki on the mouth . (d) In entom ., the mouth-parts col- lectively; the oral organs or appendages which trophi of the trophi of a man- II. n . 1. The act of watching for or catching mice.-2. Naut . , same as mouse , 6.-3. In a loom, a ratchet-movement. mousing-hook (mou'zing-huk), n. hook or other form of hook for ropes or harne having a latch or mousing-contrivance to lock a rope or ring in the hook. mousquetaire (mös-ke-tar'), n. [F.: see muske- teer .] 1. A musketeer.-21. A turn-over collar, usually of plain starched linen, and broad, worn by women about 1850.-3. A cloak of cloth, trimmed with ribbons or narrow bands of velvet, and having large buttons, worn by women about 1855.- Mousquetaire glove, a glove with long loose top, and without lengthwise slit, or with a very short open- ing at the wrist: so called as resembling a military glove. mou eline (mö-se-lēn'), n. [F., lit. muslin: see muslin .] A very thin gla used for claret- gla es, etc. Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery, As we will ours, against these saucy walls. It [the river Po] disgorgeth itself at length into the gulfe of Venice, with sixe greate mouths . Coryat , Crudities, I. 97. mou eline-de-laine (mö-se-lēn'de-lān'), n. [F.: mou eline , muslin; de , of; laine ( woolen cloth made in many colors and printed with varied patterns. Also called muslin - de- IMG:content-1028.png:[blocks in formation] moustache, n. See mustache . mousy (mou'si), a. [ molt2 . moutardt, n. [ME. mowtard ; mouten , mowten , molt: see molt2 .] A molting bird. Prompt . Parv . moutert, n. A Middle En English form of molt2 . mouth OS. (mouth), müth n . [ ME.mouth , muth , The fearful dogs divide, All spend their mouths aloft, but none abide. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., iv. 108. 6. Flavor; taste in the mouth: said of beer. - By mouth, or by word of mouth, by means of spoken as distinguished from written language; by speech; viva = MLG. munt , LG. mund = OHG. mund, MHG. munt , G. mund = Icel. munnr, müdhr = Sw.mun = Dan. mund (> E. dial. mun ) = Goth. munths, mouth.] 1. The oral opening or ingestive ingestive aperture of an animal, of whatever character and wherever situated; the os, or oral end of the alimentary canal or digestive system. The wrote not? mouth is in the head in most animals, and serves for tak- ing in food, mastication, deglutition, and the utterance of the voice. In nearly all vertebrates the mouth is com- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary mouth The Roman orator was down in the mouth , finding himself thus cheated by the money-changer. Bp . Hall , Works, VII. 369. Full imperfect, From hand to mouth. See hand.-1 masticatory, etc., mouth. See the adjectives. - Man- dibulate mouth. Same as masticatory mouth . - Mark of mouth. See mark1 . - Mouth-glue. See glue . - Mouth of a plane, the space between the cutting edge of a plane- iron and the part of the plane-stock immediately in front of the iron, through which the shavings pa in hand- planing. Mouth of a shovel, the part of a shovel which in use first begins to receive the charge or load; the front edge of a shovel. This part is frequently made of steel, such shovels being called steel - mouthed . - To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. See born 1. - To carry a bone in the mouth. See bone 1. -To crook the mouth. See crook. To give mouth to, to utter; expre . - To have one's heart in one's mouth. See heart. - To laugh out of the other side of one's mouth. See laugh. -To look a gift-horse in the mouth. See gift -horse. - To make a mouth, or to make mouths, to distort the mouth in mockery; make a wry face; pout. Ay do, per sever, counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2. 238. To make or have one's mouth water. See water. - To make up one's mouth for. See makel. - To put one's head into the lion's mouth. See lion. - To stop one's mouth, to put one to silence.