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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mū'rīne, a. p. 868Pertaining to a mouse, or to mice; mouse-colored.Mū'rĭne, n. p. 868(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.Mûrk, n. p. 868Darkness. [Obs.] Shak.Mûrk, a. p. 868Dark; murky; gloomy. He can not see through the mantle murk. Drake.Mûrk, n. p. 868The refuse, as of fruit, &c., after the juice has been expressed.Mürk'-il-y, adv. p. 868Darkly; gloomily.Mûrk'y, a. p. 868Dark; obscure; gloomy. A murky storm deep lowering o'er our heads. Addison.Mûr'mur, n. p. 868A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope. 2. A complaint half suppressed, or…Mûr'mur, v. i. p. 868To make a low, continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, rolling waves, or the wind in a forest. “The murmuring surge.” Shak. 2. To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice…Mûr'mur-ā'tion, n. p. 868Act of murmuring; murmur.Mûr'mur-er, n. p. 868One who murmurs.Mûr'mur-ing-ly, adv. p. 868With a low sound; with complaints.Mûr'mur-oûs, a. p. 868Attended with murmurs; exciting murmur or complaint; murmuring.Mūr'ni-val, n. p. 868Four cards of a sort, as four aces, four kings, and the like;—a term used in the game of gleek. [Obs.] Nares.Mūrr, n. p. 868A catarrh. [Obs.] Gascoigne.Mūr'rain, n. p. 868An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.Mür'rain, a. p. 868Having, or afflicted with, murrain.Mūr're, n. p. 868A bird; the auk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Mūr'rey, n. p. 868Of a dark-red color. [Obs.] Bacon. Boyle.Mūr'rhīne (-rīn) or Mār'rhīne (-rīn), a. p. 868Pertaining to, or made of, a kind of stone called murrha by the ancients;—said of certain vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine-cups, said to be made of variegated…Mūr'ri-on, n. p. 868A helmet; a morion. See MORION.Mūrth, n. p. 868Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Mûr'ther, n. & v. p. 868Murder. [Obs.] See MURDER.Mūr'ză, n. p. 868The hereditary nobility among the Tartars. ☞ This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though it is of the same origin.Mūs, n. p. 868(Zoöl.) A genus of small rodent quadrupeds, including the mouse and rat.Mū'să, n. p. 868(Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, including the banana and plantain. Baird.Mu-sā'ceoŭs, a. p. 868(Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of an order of which the genus Musa is the type.Mū'sal, a. p. 868Pertaining to the Muses, or to poetry. [Rare.]Mū'sar, n. p. 868An itinerant musician who played on the musette, formerly very common in Europe. See MUSETTE.Mū'sard, n. p. 868A dreamer; one who is apt to be absent in mind. [Obs.] Chaucer.Mūs'ca, n. p. 868(Entom.) A genus of dipterous insects including the common house-fly. 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the pole.Mūs'ca-del or Mūs'ca-dine, n. p. 868A rich, spicy grape; also, the wine made from it. 2. A fragrant and delicious pear.Mūs'cal-lōnge, n. p. 868See MUSKALLONGE.Mūs'car-dīne, n. p. 868A disease which is very destructive to silk-worms, attended by the development of a fungus (Botrytis bassiana), and which sometimes extends to other insects; also, the fungus itself.Mūs-cā'ri, n. p. 868(Bot.) A genus of plants including the grape-hyacinth.Mus-cār'i-fōrm, a. p. 868Having the form of a brush.Mūs'cat or Mūs'ca-tel, n. p. 868The same as MUSCADEL.Muschel-kalk, n. p. 868(Geol.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata belong to the new red sandstone formation. Mantell.Mūs'ci, n. pl. p. 868(Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants; the mosses.Mŭs'çle, n. p. 868(Anat.) An organ of motion in animal bodies. ☞ Muscles are of two kinds, the voluntary and the involuntary. The former are composed of bundles of parallel, delicate fibers, cylindrical, of a natural…Mŭs'çled, a. p. 869Furnished with muscles.Mŭs'çling, n. p. 869(Fine Arts.) Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [Rare.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.Mŭs'coid, a. p. 869(Bot.) Moss-like; resembling moss.Mūs'coid, n. p. 869(Bot.) A moss-like, flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.Mus-cōl'o-gy, n. p. 869(Bot.) That part of botany which treats of the mosses. Gray.Mus-cōs'i-ty, n. p. 869Mossiness.Mūs'co-vā'do, a. p. 869Pertaining to or characterizing unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar-cane by evaporation and draining off the molasses. It is blended with certain impurities which render it…Müs'eo-vā'do, n. p. 869Unrefined or raw sugar.Mŭs'co-vīte, n. p. 869(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of ancient Russia. 2. (Min.) Mica. See MICA.Mŭs'co-vy Dŭck p. 869(Ornith.) A species of duck (Anas moschata of Linnæus), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry-yards;—sometimes called musk-duck.Mŭs'co-vy Glass p. 869Mica; muscovite. See MICA.Mŭs'cu-lar, a. p. 869Pertaining to a muscle, or to a system or the strength of muscles. “Great muscular strength, accompanied by much awkwardness.” Macaulay. 2. Consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as…Mŭs'cu-lār'i-ty, n. p. 869The state of being muscular.Mŭs'eu-lar-ly, adv. p. 869In a muscular manner.Mŭs'eu-line, n. p. 869(Physiol.) An immediate principle of animal muscle, differing from fibrine.Mūs'cu-līte, n. p. 869(Palæon.) A petrified muscle or shell.Müs'cu-lös'i-ty, n. p. 869The quality of being musculous; that which is musculous; muscularity. [Obs.]Mŭs'cu-lōŭs, a. p. 869Muscular. [Obsolescent.]Mūse, v. i. p. 869To think closely; to study in silence. He mused upon some dangerous plot. Sidney. 2. To be absent-minded; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things…Mūse, v. t. p. 869To think on; to meditate on.