mournival

[Fr. mornisle =a trick at cards.] In the game of gleek, four cards of the same sort, as four aces; hence, four things of the same kind. *möurn'-some, a. [Eng. mourn; -some.] Sad, mournful. "A mellow noise, very low and mourn some." - Black more: Lorna Doone , ch. iii. mouse, *mous ( pl . miçe, *myes), s . [A. S. mús (pl. mys ); cogn. with Dut. muis ; Icel. mús (pl. my ); Dan. muus ; Serv. mus ; Ger. maus ; Ru . muish; Latin mus ; Gr. mus ; Pers. músh ; Sansc. músha a rat, a mouse.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit.: In the same sense as II. 3. "What maie the mous agen the cat? '-Gower: C. A., iii. 2. Figuratively: (1) A familiar term of endearment. mouse-buttock, subst. The same as MOUSE, 8.,