mousing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of mouse

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
2. (countable, uncountable)A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
3. (countable, uncountable)A ratchet movement in a loom.
4. (countable, uncountable)Use of the mouse

adj

1. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.

   “mousing saints”