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mousling

mousling is the present participle and gerund 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 mousling

What is mousling the present participle and gerund of?
Mousling is the present participle and gerund of mousle.

Words near mousling in the dictionary

  1. mousings
  2. mousle
  3. mousled
  4. mousles
  5. Mousley
  6. mousling
  7. mousmé
  8. mousmée
  9. mousmées
  10. mousmés
  11. mouso

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