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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

3 entries under this word

Musk

Mūsk, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. musc, Sp. musco, almizcle, It. musco, muschio, Lat. muscus, L. Lat. moschus, Gr. μύσχος, Ar. musk, misk, Per. mushk, from Skr. mushka, testicle.]

  1. A substance of a red-brown color, and of the consistence of honey when fresh, obtained from a bag behind the navel of the male musk-deer. It is of a pungent, slightly bitter taste, and is used in medicine, but is specially remarkable for its intensely powerful and enduring odor.
  2. (Zoöl.) The musk deer. See MUSK-DEER.

Mūsk, n.

noun

n. (Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth. (b.) A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum), called also musky heron's-bill.

Mūsk, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To perfume with musk.