mousewebn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊswɛb/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊsˌwɛb/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌʊswɛb/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 mousswob, pre-1700 mouswalb, pre-1700 mouswob, pre-1700 mowswob, pre-1700 musewob, pre-1700 muswob, pre-1700 1700s– mouseweb, 1800s mousewab, 1800s– moosewab, 1800s– mooseweb, 1800s– moosewib, 1800s– moosewob, 1800s– mousewob, 1900s– moosewoab, 1900s– moosewoob, 1900s– moosewub, 1900s– mooswab Scottish English

/ˈmuswab/, 1900s– mooswub, 1900s– muswub (Shetland); also English regional (northern) 1800s muzwipe, 1800s– masswebbs (plural), 1900s– moozwipe, 1900s– musweb, 1900s– muzweb.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., web n.

Etymology: Apparently < mouse n. + web n., though the reason for the application is not clear.Perhaps so called because dusty cobwebs are suggestive of the colour of mice, or because cobwebs and mice are both associated with neglected buildings.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

1. A spider's web, a cobweb; gossamer.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > web

webOE

netOE

cobweb1323

lop-webc1400

wevet1499

attercop1530

spider-web1535

caul1548

mouseweb1556

spider coba1571

twail1608

spider's cloth1638

cockweba1642

texturea1774

worm-web1822

1556–7 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 73 Hadder bussomes to sowp the mouswalbis.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 110 Thir Imagis..ar ouergane with mouswobis [v.r. musewobs] & moitis.

1633 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 347 Item for ane ouire manes heid for dichting doune the haill mouse webbis throw the haill pallace xii s.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mooseweb, Mouseweb, the gossamer, the white cobwebs that fly in the air.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 197 The..wind..Blew down the mouse-webs black and mirk, That had, up on the tap o' th' kirk, Twa hunder year been stickin'.

1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. 48 The application of ‘moose wabs’ (cobwebs) for sores, and also pills of the same to be taken internally.

1908 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. I. viii. 323 Jeruslam is a bony piece Nae mouch or mooswab thare.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man 53 And a' man's thocht nae mair to them Than ony moosewob to a man.

1957 W. Mayne Grass Rope xiii. 118 I can brush off the mus-webs.

1986 R. A. Jamieson Thin Wealth 207 I dønna hing laek muswubs, sylken, lippenin dy hert's dim riv.

1998 W. N. Herbert Laurelude 78 She's weavan thrums O moosewab fur An feathers fae Green linties-o.

2. figurative.

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1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie 79 Our forebears finding the controverted ceremonies to be the mouse-webs of Popery.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 148 Ye benders a'..You'll tak your liquor clean cap out, Synd your mouse-webs [1807 mouse-wabs] wi' reaming stout, While ye hae cash.

1898 Shetland News 29 Jan. 7/6 A corn o' dis'll tak da moose wibs aff your stammicks.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 87 Whin she came ti'..getting da moosewubs oot o' me oxters, I coodna help lauchin fur I was aya kittly.

Derivatives

† mousewebbed adj. Obsolete rare full of cobwebs.

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1787 W. Taylor Poems 3 In a wee hut mouse-webb'd, an' far frae clean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouseweb
释义	mousewebn. Brit. /ˈmaʊswɛb/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌwɛb/, Scottish English /ˈmʌʊswɛb/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 mousswob, pre-1700 mouswalb, pre-1700 mouswob, pre-1700 mowswob, pre-1700 musewob, pre-1700 muswob, pre-1700 1700s– mouseweb, 1800s mousewab, 1800s– moosewab, 1800s– mooseweb, 1800s– moosewib, 1800s– moosewob, 1800s– mousewob, 1900s– moosewoab, 1900s– moosewoob, 1900s– moosewub, 1900s– mooswab Scottish English /ˈmuswab/, 1900s– mooswub, 1900s– muswub (Shetland); also English regional (northern) 1800s muzwipe, 1800s– masswebbs (plural), 1900s– moozwipe, 1900s– musweb, 1900s– muzweb. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., web n. Etymology: Apparently < mouse n. + web n., though the reason for the application is not clear.Perhaps so called because dusty cobwebs are suggestive of the colour of mice, or because cobwebs and mice are both associated with neglected buildings. Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. A spider's web, a cobweb; gossamer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > web webOE netOE cobweb1323 lop-webc1400 wevet1499 attercop1530 spider-web1535 caul1548 mouseweb1556 spider coba1571 twail1608 spider's cloth1638 cockweba1642 texturea1774 worm-web1822 1556–7 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 73 Hadder bussomes to sowp the mouswalbis. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 110 Thir Imagis..ar ouergane with mouswobis [v.r. musewobs] & moitis. 1633 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 347 Item for ane ouire manes heid for dichting doune the haill mouse webbis throw the haill pallace xii s. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mooseweb, Mouseweb, the gossamer, the white cobwebs that fly in the air. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 197 The..wind..Blew down the mouse-webs black and mirk, That had, up on the tap o' th' kirk, Twa hunder year been stickin'. 1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. 48 The application of ‘moose wabs’ (cobwebs) for sores, and also pills of the same to be taken internally. 1908 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. I. viii. 323 Jeruslam is a bony piece Nae mouch or mooswab thare. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man 53 And a' man's thocht nae mair to them Than ony moosewob to a man. 1957 W. Mayne Grass Rope xiii. 118 I can brush off the mus-webs. 1986 R. A. Jamieson Thin Wealth 207 I dønna hing laek muswubs, sylken, lippenin dy hert's dim riv. 1998 W. N. Herbert Laurelude 78 She's weavan thrums O moosewab fur An feathers fae Green linties-o. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie 79 Our forebears finding the controverted ceremonies to be the mouse-webs of Popery. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 148 Ye benders a'..You'll tak your liquor clean cap out, Synd your mouse-webs [1807 mouse-wabs] wi' reaming stout, While ye hae cash. 1898 Shetland News 29 Jan. 7/6 A corn o' dis'll tak da moose wibs aff your stammicks. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 87 Whin she came ti'..getting da moosewubs oot o' me oxters, I coodna help lauchin fur I was aya kittly. Derivatives † mousewebbed adj. Obsolete rare full of cobwebs. ΚΠ 1787 W. Taylor Poems 3 In a wee hut mouse-webb'd, an' far frae clean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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