A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mous-ere, -eir, Mows-eyr, Mus(s)-eir, n. [e.m.E. mouseear(e, ME. mous-, mus-ere (c 1265).] As the name of a medicinal plant: ‘a species of hawkweed’ (OED.). —15.. Comrie Hist. Sc. Med. I. 189.
Mousere 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. xviii (Bot.).
Auricula muris, mouseir Ib.
Mowseyr Ib. (Adv.).
Museir, mvsseir
