A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping, 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, Some animal like or likened to a mouse, as a shrew or bat. See shrcw-mouse, intransitive verb_ To watch for and catch mice, To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something, transitive verb_ obsolete To tear, as a cat devours a mouse, (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2