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  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mouse  \Mouse\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Moused};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mousing}.] 
  1.  To  watch  for  and  catch  mice. 
 
  2.  To  watch  for  or  pursue  anything  in  a  sly  manner;  to  pry 
  about  on  the  lookout  for  something 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mouse  \Mouse\  (mous),  n.;  pl  {Mice}  (m[imac]s).  [OE.  mous,  mus, 
  AS  m[=u]s,  pl  m[=y]s;  akin  to  D.  muis,  G.  maus,  OHG.  & 
  Icel.  m[=u]s,  Dan.  muus,  Sw  mus,  Russ.  muishe  L.  mus,  Gr 
  my^s,  Skr.  m[=u]sh  mouse,  mush  to  steal.  [root]277.  Cf 
  {Muscle},  {Musk}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small  rodents 
  belonging  to  the  genus  {Mus}  and  various  related  genera  of 
  the  family  {Murid[ae]}.  The  common  house  mouse  ({Mus 
  musculus})  is  found  in  nearly  all  countries.  The  American 
  white-footed,  or  deer,  mouse  ({Hesperomys  leucopus}) 
  sometimes  lives  in  houses.  See  {Dormouse},  {Meadow  mouse}, 
  under  {Meadow},  and  {Harvest  mouse},  under  {Harvest}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mouse  \Mouse\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  tear,  as  a  cat  devours  a  mouse.  [Obs.]  ``[Death] 
  mousing  the  flesh  of  men.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  To  furnish  with  a  mouse;  to  secure  by  means  of  a 
  mousing.  See  {Mouse},  n.,  2. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mouse 
  n  1:  any  of  numerous  small  rodents  typically  resembling 
  diminutive  rats  having  pointed  snouts  and  small  ears  on 
  elongated  bodies  with  slender  usually  hairless  tails 
  2:  a  hand-operated  data  input  device  that  moves  the  cursor  on  a 
  computer  screen 
  v  1:  to  go  stealthily  or  furtively:  "..stead  of  sneaking  around 
  spying  on  the  Dronk  house''."  [syn:  {sneak},  {creep},  {steal}, 
  {pussyfoot}] 
  2:  manipulate  the  mouse  of  a  computer 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Mouse 
 
  A  mighty  small  {macro}  language  developed  by  Peter  Grogono  in 
  1975. 
 
  ["Mouse,  A  Language  for  Microcomputers",  P.  Grogono 
    Petrocelli  Books,  1983]. 
 
  (1994-10-31) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  mouse 
 
    The  most  commonly  used  computer  {pointing 
  device},  first  introduced  by  {Douglas  Engelbart}  in  1968. 
  The  mouse  is  a  device  used  to  manipulate  an  on-screen 
  {pointer}  that's  normally  shaped  like  an  arrow.  With  the 
  mouse  in  hand,  the  computer  user  can  select,  move  and  change 
  items  on  the  screen. 
 
  A  conventional  {roller-ball  mouse}  is  slid  across  the  surface 
  of  the  desk,  often  on  a  {mouse  mat}.  As  the  mouse  moves  a 
  ball  set  in  a  depression  on  the  underside  of  the  mouse  rolls 
  accordingly.  The  ball  is  also  in  contact  with  two  small 
  shafts  set  at  right  angles  to  each  other  inside  the  mouse. 
  The  rotating  ball  turns  the  shafts,  and  sensors  inside  the 
  mouse  measure  the  shafts'  rotation.  The  distance  and 
  direction  information  from  the  sensors  is  then  transmitted  to 
  the  computer,  usually  through  a  connecting  wire  -  the  mouse's 
  "tail".  The  computer  then  moves  the  mouse  pointer  on  the 
  screen  to  follow  the  movements  of  the  mouse.  This  may  be  done 
  directly  by  the  {graphics  adaptor},  but  where  it  involves  the 
  processor  the  task  should  be  assigned  a  high  {priority}  to 
  avoid  any  perceptible  delay. 
 
  Some  mice  are  contoured  to  fit  the  shape  of  a  person's  right 
  hand,  and  some  come  in  left-handed  versions.  Other  mice  are 
  symmetrical. 
 
  Included  on  the  mouse  are  usually  two  or  three  buttons  that 
  the  user  may  press,  or  click  to  initiate  various  actions  such 
  as  running  {programs}  or  opening  {files}.  The  left-most 
  button  (the  {primary  mouse  button})  is  operated  with  the  index 
  finger  to  select  and  activate  objects  represented  on  the 
  screen.  Different  {operating  systems}  and  {graphical  user 
  interfaces}  have  different  conventions  for  using  the  other 
  button(s).  Typical  operations  include  calling  up  a 
  {context-sensitive  menu},  modifying  the  selection,  or  pasting 
  text.  With  fewer  mouse  buttons  these  require  combinations  of 
  mouse  and  keyboard  actions.  Between  its  left  and  right 
  buttons,  a  mouse  may  also  have  a  wheel  that  can  be  used  for 
  scrolling  or  other  special  operations  defined  by  the  software. 
  Some  systems  allow  the  mouse  button  assignments  to  be  swapped 
  round  for  left-handed  users. 
 
  Just  moving  the  pointer  across  the  screen  with  the  mouse 
  typically  does  nothing  (though  some  CAD  systems  respond  to 
  patterns  of  mouse  movement  with  no  buttons  pressed). 
  Normally,  the  pointer  is  positioned  over  something  on  the 
  screen  (an  {icon}  or  a  {menu}  item),  and  the  user  then  clicks 
  a  mouse  button  to  actually  affect  the  screen  display. 
 
  The  five  most  common  gestures"  performed  with  the  mouse  are: 
  {point}  (to  place  the  pointer  over  an  on-screen  item),  {click} 
  (to  press  and  release  a  mouse  button),  {double-click}  {to 
  press  and  release  a  mouse  button  twice  in  rapid  succession}, 
  {right-click}  (to  press  and  release  the  right  mouse  button}, 
  and  {drag}  (to  hold  down  the  mouse  button  while  moving  the 
  mouse). 
 
  Most  modern  computers  include  a  mouse  as  standard  equipment. 
  However,  some  systems,  especially  portable  {laptop}  and 
  {notebook}  models,  may  have  a  {trackball},  {touchpad}  or 
  {Trackpoint}  on  or  next  to  the  {keyboard}.  These  input 
  devices  work  like  the  mouse,  but  take  less  space  and  don't 
  need  a  desk. 
 
  Many  other  alternatives  to  the  conventional  roller-ball  mouse 
  exist.  A  {tailless  mouse},  or  {hamster},  transmits  its 
  information  with  {infrared}  impulses.  A  {foot-controlled 
  mouse  (http://www.footmouse.com/)}  is  one  used  on  the  floor 
  underneath  the  desk.  An  {optical  mouse}  uses  a 
  {light-emitting  diode}  and  {photocells}  instead  of  a  rolling 
  ball  to  track  its  position.  Some  optical  designs  may  require 
  a  special  mouse  mat  marked  with  a  grid,  others  like  the 
  Microsoft  IntelliMouse  Explorer,  work  on  nearly  any  surface. 
 
  {Yahoo! 
  (http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Computers/Hardware/Peripherals/Input_Devices/Mice/)}. 
 
  {(http://peripherals.about.com/library/weekly/aa041498.htm)}. 
 
  {PC  Guide's  "Troubleshooting  Mice" 
  (http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/mice.htm)}. 
 
  (1999-07-21) 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mouse 
  Heb.  'akhbar,  "swift  digger"),  properly  the  dormouse,  the 
  field-mouse  (1  Sam.  6:4).  In  Lev.  11:29,  Isa.  66:17  this  word  is 
  used  generically,  and  includes  the  jerboa  (Mus  jaculus),  rat, 
  hamster  (Cricetus),  which  though  declared  to  be  unclean 
  animals,  were  eaten  by  the  Arabs,  and  are  still  eaten  by  the 
  Bedouins.  It  is  said  that  no  fewer  than  twenty-three  species  of 
  this  group  ('akhbar=Arab.  ferah)  of  animals  inhabit  Palestine. 
  God  "laid  waste"  the  people  of  Ashdod  by  the  terrible  visitation 
  of  field-mice,  which  are  like  locusts  in  their  destructive 
  effects  (1  Sam.  6:4,  11,  18).  Herodotus,  the  Greek  historian, 
  accounts  for  the  destruction  of  the  army  of  Sennacherib  (2  Kings 
  19:35)  by  saying  that  in  the  night  thousands  of  mice  invaded  the 
  camp  and  gnawed  through  the  bow-strings,  quivers,  and  shields, 
  and  thus  left  the  Assyrians  helpless.  (See  {SENNACHERIB}.) 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MOUSE,  n.  An  animal  which  strews  its  path  with  fainting  women.  As  in 
  Rome  Christians  were  thrown  to  the  lions,  so  centuries  earlier  in 
  Otumwee  the  most  ancient  and  famous  city  of  the  world,  female 
  heretics  were  thrown  to  the  mice.  Jakak-Zotp,  the  historian,  the  only 
  Otumwump  whose  writings  have  descended  to  us  says  that  these  martyrs 
  met  their  death  with  little  dignity  and  much  exertion.  He  even 
  attempts  to  exculpate  the  mice  (such  is  the  malice  of  bigotry)  by 
  declaring  that  the  unfortunate  women  perished,  some  from  exhaustion, 
  some  of  broken  necks  from  falling  over  their  own  feet,  and  some  from 
  lack  of  restoratives.  The  mice,  he  avers,  enjoyed  the  pleasures  of 
  the  chase  with  composure.  But  if  "Roman  history  is  nine-tenths 
  lying,"  we  can  hardly  expect  a  smaller  proportion  of  that  rhetorical 
  figure  in  the  annals  of  a  people  capable  of  so  incredible  cruelty  to  a 
  lovely  women;  for  a  hard  heart  has  a  false  tongue.




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