Word Meanings - MOUSEHOLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

Related words: (words related to MOUSEHOLE)

• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• MOUSEFISH
  See FROGFISH
• MOUSEKIN
  A little mouse. Thackeray.
• MOUSE
  Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse sometimes
• PASSAGEWAY
  A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• MOUSETAIL
  A genus of ranunculaceous plants , in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• PASSAGE
  1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• ABODEMENT
  A foreboding; an omen. "Abodements must not now affright us." Shak.
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• MOUSE-EAR
  The forget-me-not and other species of the same genus. A European species of hawkweed . Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb . All
• GNAWER
  A rodent. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• GNAW
  1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones
• MOUSER
  1. A cat that catches mice. 2. One who pries about on the lookout for something.
• ABODE
  of Abide.
• MOUSEHOLE
  A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.
• SEA MOUSE
  A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the sides. The dunlin.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• TITMOUSE
  Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit. Note: The blue titmouse , the marsh titmouse (P. palustris), the crested titmouse , the great titmouse , and
• FLITTERMOUSE
  A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• DORMOUSE
  A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter. (more info) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse,
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• FLICKERMOUSE
  See FLITTERMOUSE
• THENCE
  see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
• ARCHENCEPHALA
  The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.