muce

Noun

muce (plural muces)

1. Archaic form of muse (“hole through which an animal passes”).
   • 1599, Samuel Harsnett, A discouery of the fraudulent practises of Iohn Darrel Bacheler:

     But the Fox was neare driuen when he took this muce and hee ferreted out of it by verie pregnant depositions.

References

• “muce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cume

Noun

mūce

1. vocative singular of mūcus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut͡sɛ/, [ˈmut͡sə]

Noun

muce

1. inflection of muka:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Noun

muce oblique singular, f (oblique plural muces, nominative singular muce, nominative plural muces)

1. hidden store; cache

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (muce)