Jack. - Horntip

Mousle. 366 Mouth.
THE PAP SON'S MOUSETRAP,
subs. phr. (common).-See quot.
1785.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew,s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
MOUSETRAP. The PARSON'S MOUSETRAP;
the state of matrimony.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
MOUSLE, verb. (old).-i. To nibble.
Hence (2) to tongue a woman :
cf. MOUSE, sense 5; TO TIP THE
VELVET (q.v.).
1672. MAR VELL, Rehearsal [GROSART
(1873), iii. 152]. The poor word is sure
to be mumpled and mOWSLED to purpose.
1675. WYcHERLEy, Country Wife,
v. r. He put the lip of his tongue
between my lips, and so MOUSLED meand
I said I'd bite it.
1695. CONGREVE, Love for Love,
iii. 4. Ben's a brisk boy. . . he'll touzle
her and mOUZLE her ; . . . if he shou'd not
stay for saying grace . . . but fall to
without the help of a parson, ha ?
1762. WILSON, The Cheats, ii. 4. 1.1.
Dear Mopus ! [He hugs her. I. Mr. Mofi.
Away, Captain ! You do so MOUSLE one.
MOUTH, subs. (common).-I. See
quots. Also MOUTH-ALMIGHTY.
For synonyms see CLACK-BOX
and FURIOSO.
1596. SHAKSPEARE, King Yohn,
1, line 397. Large MOUTH indeed !
1690. B. E., Diet. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1748. T. DYCHE, Dictionary (5th
ed.) MOUTH (S) also a cant word
for a noisy, silly, ignorant, prating, scolding
fellow.
1785. GRosE, Vulg. Tongue, S.V.
MOUTH. A noisy fellow. MOUTH half
cocked ; one gaping and staring at every
thing he sees.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. NI ATSELL, Vocabulunt, S.V.
MOUTH. A noisy fellow ; a silly fellow.
2. (old).-See quot.
1754. Discoveries of ,ohn Poulfer,
34. Another shall look out for a MOUTH
that has a horse to sell or change.
1S11. Lex. Bal., S.V. MOUTH. A
silly fellow. A dupe. To stand MOUTH;
i.e., to be duped.
1819. VAUX, Memoirs,s.v.
a foolish silly person ; a man who does
a very imprudent act, is said to be A
RANK MOUTH.
3. See CHEEK.
4. (common).-The after-effects
of a debauch ; HOT COPPERS
(q.v.).
Verb. (colloquial).-To rant.
1596. SHAKSPEARE, Hamlet, iii. 2.
If you MOUTH it as ma ny Of your
players do.
1759. GOLDSMITH, Citizen of the
World, xxi. I hate to hea- an actor
MOUTHING trifles.
1871. LOWELL, Study Windows,
180. In his pompous, MOUTHING way of
saying it.
To G.1. VE MOUTH, verb. phr.
(common).-I. To put into words;
and (2) to speak loudly and
distinctly. Also MOUTH IT. It.
dar la bocca.
1840. DICKENS, Barnaby Rudge,
lxv. What I say in respect to the
speeches always is, GIVE IT MOUTH.
That's my *ma xim. GIVE IT MOUTH.'
1850. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s. v.
MOUTH IT, Speak loudly.
1861. DICKENS, Our Mutual _Friend,
Bk. H. ch. vii. I have an opinion of
you, sir, to which it is not easy to GIN
MOUTH.'
1883. Daily Telegrofili, 4 Sep., p.
col. 2. Black Bess,' they said, was
nothing unless you GA 1 IT MOUTH, and
the two remaining veises, with the chorus,
were rendered with unabated vigour.
1892. MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads,
p. 42. GIVE IT MOUTH !
DOWN IN THE MOUTH, verb.
phr. (common).-Dejected.
1608-11. BISHOP HALL, El,istles, i.
6. The Roman orator was DOWN IN THE
MOUTH; finding himself thus cheated by
the money-changer.
1693. CONGREVE, Old Batchelor,
iv. 9. Sir. 7. Witt. Now am I slapdash
DOWN IN THE MOUTH, and have not
one word to say !