▪ I. † myse Obs.
[Form and origin doubtful.]
Applied to the ‘lice’ (Vulg. sciniphes, LXX. σκνῖϕες) of the third plague of Egypt.
| c 1440 York Myst. xi. 273 Lorde, grete myses bothe morn and none Bytis vs full bittirlye. [c 1460 Towneley Myst. viii. 286 Greatte mystis.] |
▪ II. myse
obs. pl. mouse n.