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mousled

mousled is the simple past and past participle of mousle.

Meaning of mousle

Verb

mousle (third-person singular simple present mousles, present participle mousling, simple past and past participle mousled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To play with, or fondle roughly
    • Why, he put the tip of his tongue between my lips, and ſo muſl'd me—and I ſaid, I'd bite it.1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […]...
  2. to rumple.

Questions about mousled

What is mousled the simple past and past participle of?
Mousled is the simple past and past participle of mousle.

Words near mousled in the dictionary

  1. mousing hooks
  2. mousing over
  3. mousingly
  4. mousings
  5. mousle
  6. mousled
  7. mousles
  8. Mousley
  9. mousling
  10. mousmé
  11. mousmée

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