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ˈmouse-web Sc. and north.
Also 6 mous-, muswob.
[app. f. mouse n. + web n., though the reason for the application is not clear.
Possibly so called because dusty cobwebs suggest the colour of mice, or because cobwebs and mice are both associated with neglected buildings.]
A spider's web, cobweb.
1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 110 Thir Imagis..ar ouergane with mouswobis [v.r. musewobs] & moitis. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 197 The..wind..Blew down the mouse-webs black and mirk.
transf.1773Fergusson Wks. (1807) 272 Ye benders a',..You'll tak your liquor clean cap out; Synd your mouse⁓wabs wi' reamin stout, While ye hae cash. |