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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mous-,) Mouse-pea, n. Plur. myse-peis. [ME. muspese, mousepese, e.m.E. mowse-, mouse-pease, OE. múse-pise.] The vetch. —1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Georgics i. 75.
Viciae, myse peis 1683 Sinclair Nat. Phil. 4.
The husk or hool of the mouse-pea (as we call it), or the wild vetch
