mouse-color

This animal was one of the smallest of his family, and of a color uncommon among them; for they are mostly either of a yellowish dun, or of that slaty mouse-color known among dog-fanciers as "blue," -- a tint, by the way, particularly appropriate for a dog of Skye.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

They are of a mouse-color above, and white beneath.

Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

They are of a mouse-color above, and white beneath.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

Smyly of Dublin reported a case of suppurative disease of the temporal bone, in which the hair changed from a mouse-color to a reddish-brown; and Squire records a congenital case in a deaf mute, in whom the hair on the left side was in light patches of true auburn and dark patches of dark brown like a tortoise-shell cap; on the other side the hair was a dark brown.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Smyly of Dublin reported a case of suppurative disease of the temporal bone, in which the hair changed from a mouse-color to a reddish-brown; and Squire records a congenital case in a deaf mute, in whom the hair on the left side was in light patches of true auburn and dark patches of dark brown like a tortoise-shell cap; on the other side the hair was

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

At college young Burke did not prove a brilliant student -- his intellect and aptitude it seems were a modest mouse-color that escaped attention.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885

Some were of a soft mouse-color, and the others were white, black, and vari-colored.

The Innocents Abroad — Volume 06 Mark Twain 1872

At a little distance, leisurely cropping the long grass, stood his favorite horse, whose arched forehead and peculiar mouse-color proclaimed his unmistakable descent from the swift hordes that scour the Kirghise steppes, and sanctioned the whim which induced his master to call him "Tamerlane."

St. Elmo 1872

Some were of a soft mouse-color, and the others were white, black, and vari-colored.

The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

At a little distance, leisurely cropping the long grass, stood his favorite horse, whose arched forehead and peculiar mouse-color proclaimed his unmistakable descent from the swift hordes that scour the Kirghise steppes, and sanctioned the whim which induced his master to call him "Tamerlane."

St. Elmo. A Novel. Augusta Jane 1867