Mouses

verb

1. To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
2. To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
3. To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

   "Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack."

4. To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
5. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.