Mount-Pleasant, subs. phr. (venery).—The mons veneris. Cf. Shooters-hill. For synonyms see Motte.
Mounts-of-lilies, subs. (old).—The
paps. For synonyms see
Dairy.
1694. Crowne, Married Beau, iii. 1. Who would not, to ascend these mounts of lilies, Leave for a while religion at the bottom.
Mourner, subs. (American).—One
taking a drink; a spreester
(q.v.).
1847. Porter, Quarter Race etc., p. 126. The cards were dropt instanter . . . and the mourners were soon distributed in knots upon the promenade deck.
1848. Durivage, Stray Subjects, p. 110. By common consent the mourners settled themselves down into comparative quiet.
Mourning. Full mourning, subs.
phr. (pugilists').—Two black eyes:
half-mourning = one black
eye or a mouse. Fr. œufs sur
le plat; yeux au beurre noir;
yeux pochés.
Adj. (old).—Bruised. Also in mourning.
1708. Mrs. Centlivre, The Busy-Body, i. 1. Mar. I would give ten guineas, I say, to be ranked in his acquaintance. But, pr'ythee, introduce me. Chas. Well on condition you'll give us a true account how you came by that mourning nose, I will.
1820. Reynolds, The Fancy, 'King Tims'. Her eyes were all sweetly in mourning.
1821. Egan, Anecdotes of the Turf, 67. Never again would he put the ogles of the ring in mourning.
1828. Bee, Living Picture of London, 283. To send him before his betters with his peepers in mourning.
1837. S. Warren, Diary of a Late Physician, xii. His left eye was sent into deep mourning, which threatened to last for some weeks.
Mourning-shirt, subs. (old).—An
unlaundered shirt: cf. Biled-rag.
1650. Fuller, Pisgah Sights, 98. We say mourning shirts, it being customary for men in sadnesse to spare the pains of their laundresses.
Mouse, subs. (pugilistic).—1. See
quots. 1860 and 1895. Cf.
Blackwall.
1857. Cuthbert Bede, Verdant Green, pt. ii. ch. iv. 'That'll raise a tidy mouse on your ogle, my lad!'
1860. W. E. Holmes, The Professor at the Breakfast Table, xi. 354. Mouse is a technical term for a bluish, oblong rounded elevation occasioned by running one's forehead or eyebrow against another's knuckles.
1887. Atkin, House Scraps. His dexter ogle has a mouse; His conk's devoid of bark.
1888. Sporting Life, 10 Dec. Bringing his right into play with extreme force, caused a mouse to appear on his opponent's left peeper.
1895. Westminster Gazette, . . . A black eye in true cockney slang is known as a mouse, and this accounts for the fact that a cockney near his platform on Sunday shouted out, 'Jack, where is your rat-trap?' Mr. Burns was rather astounded. 'Why a rat-trap?' he said, thinking vaguely of 'black-legs' and Liberal Unionists. 'For that big mouse on yer eye,' cried the delighted cockney.
2. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms see Creamstick, and Prick. Cf. Mouser.
3. (old).—A term of endearment.
1593. Alleyn, . . . [in Collier, Memoirs, 25]. My good, sweete mouse [of his wife].
1594. Shakspeare, Love's Lab. Lost, v. 2. What's your dark meaning, mouse?
1594. Look About You [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), vii. 463]. Sweet mouse, the hermit bids you stay here,
