MOUSIE

Etymology

Noun

mousie (plural mousies)

(diminutive or childish) A mouse.

(angling) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.

Source: Wiktionary


Mous"ie, n.

Definition: Diminutive for Mouse. Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMMOBILIZATION

(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”


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