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Monty Python sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus
"The Mouse Problem" is a Monty Python sketch, first aired on 12 October 1969 as part of "Sex and Violence", the second episode of the first series of Monty
The_Mouse_Problem
American animated interactive children's television series
Jr. and Disney+. It is a revival of the original Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series, which aired from 2006 to 2016. The series premiered on July 21, 2025 on
Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse+
Disney cartoon character and mascot
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime corporate icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company
Mickey_Mouse
American animated interactive children's television series
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American animated interactive children's television series for preschoolers. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series
Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse
Pointing device used to control a computer
A computer mouse (plural mice; rarely mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is
Computer_mouse
American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse
Super Mouse, who made his debut in the 1942 short The Mouse of Tomorrow. The character's name was changed to Mighty Mouse in his eighth film, 1944's The Wreck
Mighty_Mouse
1970 live album by Monty Python
Nudge The Mouse Problem Buying a Bed Interesting People The Barber Interviews More Television Interviews Children's Stories The Visitors The Cinema The North
Monty Python's Flying Circus (album)
Monty_Python's_Flying_Circus_(album)
Fictional universe involving Mickey Mouse and related Disney characters
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse
Mickey_Mouse_universe
Computer mice developed and released by Apple Inc.
The Magic Mouse is a multi-touch wireless computer mouse sold by Apple Inc. and manufactured by Foxconn. The first-generation Magic Mouse was released
Magic_Mouse
British sketch comedy television series (1969–1974)
"Sex and Violence", in the sketch "The Mouse Problem". The Pythons had slipped in a real contact number for David Frost to the initial airing, which resulted
Monty_Python's_Flying_Circus
Literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
Flying Circus, which debuted in 1969, featured a sketch entitled "The Mouse Problem" (meant to satirize contemporary media exposés on homosexuality),
Satire
1986 animated mystery film
The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 American animated mystery adventure film based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus and
The_Great_Mouse_Detective
Short film series
Mickey Mouse (originally known as Mickey Mouse Cartoons) is a series of American animated comedy short films produced by Walt Disney Productions. The series
Mickey_Mouse_(film_series)
Genetically modified mouse used in gene research
A knockout mouse, or knock-out mouse, is a genetically modified mouse (Mus musculus) in which researchers have inactivated, or "knocked out", an existing
Knockout_mouse
Computer mouse operated with feet
A footmouse (or foot mouse) is a type of computer mouse that gives the users the ability to move the cursor and click the mouse buttons with their feet
Footmouse
American reality television series
to air during the original run of the TGIF block. The block ended its run upon the end of the series' first season in 2000. Making the Band was then relocated
Making_the_Band
American crossover animated television series
Disney's House of Mouse (or simply House of Mouse) is an American crossover animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that
House_of_Mouse
1959 British film
The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 British satirical comedy film on a Ban The Bomb theme, based on Leonard Wibberley's novel The Mouse That Roared (1955)
The_Mouse_That_Roared_(film)
American musician and producer (born 1977)
Danger Mouse, is an American musician and record producer. He has been nominated for 22 Grammy Awards and has won six. He has been nominated in the Producer
Danger_Mouse_(musician)
French-English writer (1870–1953)
was used in the British TV drama Jonathan Creek. On the second episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, in the sketch "The Mouse Problem", a list of famous
Hilaire_Belloc
1980 song by Monty Python
written by Eric Idle and performed by the members of the comedy troupe Monty Python, which originally appeared on the album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation
Sit_on_My_Face
British surreal comedy group
Only... But Also. One problem the Pythons perceived with these programmes was that though the body of the sketch would be strong, the writers would often
Monty_Python
6-pin mini-DIN connector for connecting keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer
1987. The PS/2 mouse connector generally replaced the older DE-9 RS-232 "serial mouse" connector, while the PS/2 keyboard connector replaced the larger
PS/2_port
American animated television series
Mickey Mouse Works (also known as Disney's Mickey Mouse Works or simply Mouse Works) is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney
Mickey_Mouse_Works
Residence and office of the UK prime minister
to the Cabinet Office—the tongue-in-cheek title given to the cat maintained to control the persistent mouse problem at 10 Downing Street Chequers—the prime
10_Downing_Street
Comic book series
confront a problem first with blade drawn. Though his hotheadedness is sometimes to his detriment, he is amongst the bravest and strongest of the Mouse Guard
Mouse_Guard
2011 studio album by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi starring Jack White & Norah Jones
("The Rose with a Broken Neck", "Two Against One" and "The World") Norah Jones – Vocals ("Season's Trees", "Black" and "Problem Queen") Danger Mouse –
Rome (Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi album)
Rome_(Danger_Mouse_and_Daniele_Luppi_album)
Mouse used for scientific research
The laboratory mouse or lab mouse is a small mammal of the order Rodentia which is bred and used for scientific research or feeders for certain pets. Laboratory
Laboratory_mouse
played by Graham Chapman in the sketches The Mouse Problem and Julius Caesar on an Aldis lamp, played by Eric Idle in the sketch Historical Impersonations
Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar
Cultural_depictions_of_Julius_Caesar
British animated television series
Danger Mouse is a British animated television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Productions for Thames Television. It features the eponymous Danger Mouse who
Danger_Mouse_(1981_TV_series)
Automated method for solving mazes
for solving a maze. The random mouse, wall follower, Pledge, Tarry's, and Trémaux's algorithms are designed to be used inside the maze by a traveler with
Maze-solving_algorithm
American comedy TV series
problems and think up creative ways to solve problems. They are often aided by Warehouse Mouse, the freeloading, wall-dwelling anthropomorphic mouse,
Imagination Movers (TV series)
Imagination_Movers_(TV_series)
Type of computer mouse
Variations of the optical mouse have largely replaced the older mechanical mouse design, which uses moving parts to sense motion. The earliest optical
Optical_mouse
English musician and songwriter (born 1942)
USA Today. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018. "Paul McCartney and Wings in The Bruce McMouse Show". PaulMcCartney.com
Paul_McCartney
1995 film by Carl Franklin
returning to the car, Easy learns Mouse killed Joppy for being a liability. Daphne pays Easy and Mouse $7,000 for the pictures, and Mouse returns home
Devil_in_a_Blue_Dress_(film)
Device that connects computer front-end hardware to multiple computers
names. The earliest name was Keyboard Video Switch (KVS). With the advent of the mouse, the Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) switch became popular. The name
KVM_switch
Disney character
bloodhound in the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang. Together with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is one of the "Sensational
Pluto_(Disney)
Mouse carrying functioning human genes, cells, etc.
A humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs. Humanized mice are commonly used as
Humanized_mouse
Mouse that has been selectively bred for exhibition
A fancy mouse is a domesticated form of the house mouse (Mus musculus), one of many species of mice, usually kept as a type of pocket pet. Fancy mice
Fancy_mouse
1989 Monty Python tribute special
Place Homicidal Barber The Lumberjack Song Film Trailer Spam A man With a Tape Recorder up His Nose Musical Mice The Mouse Problem House Hunters Rival Documentaries
Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python
Parrot_Sketch_Not_Included_–_20_Years_of_Monty_Python
2004 album by Danger Mouse
The Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It mixes an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album with samples from
The_Grey_Album
Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013) Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
Tom_and_Jerry_filmography
Disney cartoon character
(1992), House of Mouse (2001–2003), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2016), Mickey Mouse (2013–2019), Mickey and the Roadster Racers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
Goofy
1865 shaped poem by Lewis Carroll
"The Mouse's Tale" is a shaped poem by Lewis Carroll which appears in his 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Though no formal title for the poem
The_Mouse's_Tale
1996 studio album by Modest Mouse
Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse. It was released on April 16, 1996, through Up
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
This_Is_a_Long_Drive_for_Someone_with_Nothing_to_Think_About
Use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions
Mouse tracking (also known as cursor tracking) is the use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions on the computer. This goal is to automatically
Mouse_tracking
the Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior original series, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Season 1 has the Mousekedoer song's original lyrics. Seasons 2-4 have the
List of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes
List_of_Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse_episodes
1925 novel by Franz Kafka
best-known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority, with the nature of the crime of which he is accused
The_Trial
Railway stations in South Australia
sheet steel "mouse-proof" walls, corrugated iron roofing and hessian curtains for protection from the rain largely solved the mouse problem but each and
Railway stations on the Eyre Peninsula
Railway_stations_on_the_Eyre_Peninsula
Mat on which a computer mouse is used
for placing and moving a computer mouse. A mousepad enhances the usability of the mouse compared to using a mouse directly on a table by providing a
Mousepad
American cartoon series and franchise
films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the rivalry between a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Many shorts also feature several
Tom_and_Jerry
mouse is one of several animal mutants that are known to have problems in mRNA translation and are used in studies.. A genetic mutation affecting the
Sticky_mouse
Animated television show
the style of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, Mickey Mouse Funhouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ respectively. After the events of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Minnie's_Bow-Toons
Several genera of rodents
size. Usually the common name of a large muroid rodent will include the word "rat", while a smaller muroid's name will include "mouse". The common terms
Rat
Monument in Novosibirsk, Russia
The Monument to the laboratory mouse is a sculpture in Novosibirsk' Akademgorodok, Siberia, Russia. It is located in a park in front of the Institute
Monument to the laboratory mouse
Monument_to_the_laboratory_mouse
Evanier "Garfield & Friends Episode Guide". newsfromme.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021. Garfield and Friends
List of Garfield and Friends episodes
List_of_Garfield_and_Friends_episodes
1940 film
rodent problem. The cat arrives at the home of his caller. Unable to grasp the mouse out of the hole in the wall, Krazy decides to attract the mouse out
The_Mouse_Exterminator
This is a list of episodes of the television series In the Heat of the Night, which aired from 1988 to 1995. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. March
List of In the Heat of the Night episodes
List_of_In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_episodes
2011 BBC television comedy film
at The A.V. Club praised the concept and most of the performances, but said: "At the risk of committing blasphemy myself, one problem may be that the filmmakers
Holy_Flying_Circus
American filmmaker (born 1964)
musician. He is best known for directing Mouse Hunt (1997), The Ring (2002), the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Rango (2011), and Good Luck
Gore_Verbinski
The following is a list of episodes of House of Mouse, an American animated television series that ran on ABC from January 13, 2001 to May 18, 2002 and
List of House of Mouse episodes
List_of_House_of_Mouse_episodes
2014 American TV series or program
Budd Diaz). Stone Quackers was created by Ben Jones, who also created The Problem Solverz for Cartoon Network. After leaving Cartoon Network, Jones began
Stone_Quackers
Disney cartoon character
Mouse. Throughout the next two decades, Donald appeared in over 150 theatrical films, several of which were recognized at the Academy Awards. In the 1930s
Donald_Duck
Electric switch on a computer mouse
A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface
Mouse_button
Application layer protocol
that the user can easily access, for example by a mouse click or by tapping the screen in a web browser. HTTP is a request–response protocol in the client–server
HTTP
2025 Thai television series
Mouse is a 2025 Thai television series starring Chanon Santinatornkul (Nonkul), Shahkrit Yamnam (Krit), Raviyanun Takerd (Ben), Thasorn Klinnium (Emi)
Mouse_(Thai_TV_series)
Programming paradigm based on modeling the logic of a computation
describing what the program must accomplish in terms of the problem domain, rather than fully describing how to accomplish it as a sequence of the programming
Declarative_programming
British children's television series
Three Stones Media/The Rastamouse Company and DHX Media (now WildBrain) for CBeebies. The show follows crime-busting anthro mouse reggae band Da Easy
Rastamouse
1999 film by Miloš Forman
nightclubs because, while the audience wants comedy, he sings the Mighty Mouse theme song and refuses to tell conventional jokes. As the audience begins to believe
Man_on_the_Moon_(film)
American animated television series (1987–1988)
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures is an American animated television series. It is a revival of the Mighty Mouse cartoon character. Produced by Bakshi-Hyde
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Mighty_Mouse:_The_New_Adventures
Based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, this inaugural film in the series
List_of_Barbie_films
Tabletop social game
Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025. McCall, Jeremiah (21 March 2012). "Historical Simulations as Problem Spaces: Some
Board_game
Keyboard shortcut to switch windows without using a mouse
This shortcut switches between application-level windows without using the mouse; hence it was named Task Switcher (Flip in Windows Vista). Alt+Tab ↹ orders
Alt-Tab
Sister of Franz Kafka (1892 – 1943)
October 1892 – 7 October 1943) was the youngest sister of Franz Kafka. His favourite sister, she was probably also the relative closest to him and supported
Ottla_Kafka
English-born Irish musician (born 1963)
Since then, Marr has been a member of the Pretenders, the The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and the Cribs, and he has become a prolific session musician,
Johnny_Marr
1979 American TV series or program
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle is a 1979–1980 animated television series featuring newly produced Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
The_New_Adventures_of_Mighty_Mouse_and_Heckle_&_Jeckle
WWII German super-heavy tank
Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored
Panzer_VIII_Maus
American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966)
developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his creation in the early years. As the studio
Walt_Disney
American animated children's TV series
Disney Television Animation, the series is the successor to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Originally airing as Mickey and the Roadster Racers for its first
Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
Mickey_Mouse_Mixed-Up_Adventures
2022 American documentary film
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse is a documentary film directed by Jeff Malmberg. The documentary had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival
Mickey:_The_Story_of_a_Mouse
1982 film by Gwen Wetzler
The serialized Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle seen on the popular Saturday morning
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
Mighty_Mouse_in_the_Great_Space_Chase
Soviet medium tank, Second World War
"Mickey Mouse" by the Germans because of its appearance with the twin, round turret-roof hatches open. Later production had a new commander's cupola. The T-34-85
T-34
American animated film by Disney
Time: The Making of Beauty and the Beast (VCD). Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 2002. Thomas, Bob (1991). Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)
This is an episode list for the BBC television sitcom Hi-de-Hi! by Jimmy Perry and David Croft broadcast between 1 January 1980 and 30 January 1988. "Series
List_of_Hi-de-Hi!_episodes
Computer pointing devices made by Apple
inspired by the mouse they scrapped their current plans and redesigned everything around the mouse and GUI.[citation needed] One of the biggest problems was that
Apple_pointing_devices
Prophet in Abrahamic religions
romanized: Mōysēs, lit. 'Mōusês') to the Egyptian (Coptic) word for 'water' (môu, μῶυ), in reference to his finding in the Nile and the biblical folk etymology
Moses
candidate for president such as Mickey Mouse or comedian Stephen Colbert (whose application was voted down by the South Carolina Democratic Party). Because
United States presidential election
United_States_presidential_election
Children's novels by Eve Titus
James Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem". Although his name is "Ratigan", in the book series he is a mouse. Captain Doran – Ratigan's
Basil_of_Baker_Street
Italian children's book series
created by Elisabetta Dami. The books are written as the fictional memoirs of the title character, a mild mannered mouse who keeps getting into faraway
Geronimo_Stilton
Character from Disney's Aladdin
films based on the series House of Mouse: in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001), he is present among the characters surprised
Genie_(Disney)
American ethologist and behavioral researcher (1917-1995)
a population problem, one could argue that (the mouse universe) had a fair distribution problem." In the mid-1960s, Steve Suomi was a research assistant
John_B._Calhoun
Extinct species of mammoth
nuclei of "Yuka" into mouse oocytes. In 2013, a well-preserved carcass was found on Maly Lyakhovsky Island, one of the islands in the New Siberian Islands
Woolly_mammoth
Epic poem attributed to Homer
p. 267. Siegel, Janice (2007). "The Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's Odyssey". Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada.
Odyssey
Organism with considerable internal temperature variation
Poikilotherm is the opposite of homeotherm – an animal which maintains thermal homeostasis. Usually the fluctuations are a consequence of variation in the ambient
Poikilotherm
1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(December 29, 2018). "Mickey Mouse Will Be Public Domain Soon — Here's What That Means". The New York Times. New York. Archived from the original on October 9
The_Great_Gatsby
Character from The Little Mermaid
Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023. Simpson, Wade (May 5, 2010). "Jim Henson's The Little Mermaid Island". Mouse Planet. Retrieved
Ariel_(The_Little_Mermaid)
1991 studio album by Eek-A-Mouse
sample Problems playing this file? See media help. U-Neek is an album by the Jamaican reggae artist Eek-A-Mouse, released in 1991. He supported the album
U-Neek
Computer input action
A double-click is the act of pressing a computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse. Double-clicking allows two different actions to be
Double-click
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. The series originally premiered
List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes
List_of_The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_&_Mandy_episodes
English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
include The Ladykillers (1955), The Mouse That Roared (1959), I'm All Right Jack (1959), The Millionairess (1960), Lolita (1962), five films of the Pink
Peter_Sellers
THE MOUSE-PROBLEM
THE MOUSE-PROBLEM
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English, Indian
Dark-skinned; Son of Maurice; Son of the Dark One
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : variant of Moses.English (Devon and Norfolk) and French : from a medieval variant of the personal name Moses (Middle English Moise, Old French Moïse).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval northern English personal name Kouse, Kause, corresponding to Old Norse Kausi, a nickname meaning ‘tomcat’.English : Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Kaus or Ku(h)se, which is of unexplained origin.
Male
English
Short form of English Moses, MOSE means "drawn out."
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : from Middle English hous ‘house’ (Old English hūs). In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses, and in most cases this name probably indicates someone who had some connection with the largest and most important building in a settlement, either a religious house or simply the local manor house. In some cases it may be a status name for a householder, someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant, but more often it is an occupational name for a servant who worked in such a house, in particular a steward who managed one.English : respelling of Howes.Translation of German Haus.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair, from Middle English, Old French rous ‘red(-haired)’ (Latin russ(e)us).Americanized spelling of German Raus.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Christian, Finnish, Hebrew
Saviour; Taken from Water; Moses; Saved from the Water; Drawn out
Male
Greek
Variant spelling of Greek Moyses, MOUSES means "drawn out." In the bible, this is the name of the leader who brought the Israelites out of bondage and led them to the promised land.Â
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Boy/Male
English
Dark-skinned. A Moor. Form of Maurice.
Male
English
Middle English form of French Moisé, MOISE means "drawn out."
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish, Hebrew
Drawn out of the Water
Girl/Female
Biblical
A house for a mouse.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Boy/Male
Arabic
Desire; A Prophet's Name
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mule.
THE MOUSE-PROBLEM
THE MOUSE-PROBLEM
Boy/Male
Muslim Biblical
Righteousness. Goodness. Peace.
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish
War Glory
Boy/Male
Sikh
Lamp of peace, Region or island of peace, Lamp of happiness
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Loved by his father.
Girl/Female
Italian Spanish American Latin Shakespearean
Dark.
Boy/Male
English Irish
Form of Piers from Peter.
Female
Egyptian
, Egyptian unisex name.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Hair
Boy/Male
Tamil
Upendran | உபேநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®¨
Younger brother of Indra
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord of mountains
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n.
A public house; an inn; a hotel.
n.
Diminutive for Mouse.
v. t.
To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.
n.
A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
n.
Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
v. t.
To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
v. t.
To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
n.
Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
v.
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
n.
Alt. of Lombar-house
imp. & p. p.
of Mouse
v. t.
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.
n.
One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
v. t.
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
n.
A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.
v.
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
v.
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
v. i.
To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.