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MATE of a ship of war to MIDSHIPMAN
MIZEN to MORTAR
MOULD to MUSTERING
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MOUSE
MOUSING a hook
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MOUSE
MOUSE, (fusée, Fr.) a sort of knob, usually in the shape of a pear, wrought on the outside of a rope, by means of spun-yarn, parceling, &c. as described in the article puddening. It is used to confine some other securely to the former, and prevent it from sliding along its surface.These mouses are particularly used on the stays of the lower-mast, to prevent the eye from slipping up to the mast; a circumstance which would render it extremely difficult to remove the stay from the mast-head, when necessary.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 202, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0882.html