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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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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.Mūse, n. p. 869Deep thought; close attention or contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; hence, sometimes, absence of mind. He was filled With admiration and deep muse to hear Of things so high…Mūse, n. p. 869(Myth.) One of the nine fabled goddesses who preside over literary, artistic, and scientific matters and labors; a genius of art, literature, or music;—used most frequently in the plural. Granville…Mūse, n. p. 869A gap in a hedge, fence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. Find a hare without a muse. Old Prov. A crew of gallants watch the wild muse of a boar. Chapman.Mūse'ful, a. p. 869Thinking deeply or closely; thoughtfully silent. “Museful mopings.” Dryden.Mūse'ful-ly, adv. p. 869Thoughtfully.Mūse'less, a. p. 869Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical.Mū'se-ōg'ra-phist, n. p. 869One who describes or classifies the objects in a museum.Mūz'er, n. p. 869One who muses, or thinks closely in silence; an absent-minded person.Mū'set, n. p. 869A gap in a hedge, fence, or thicket, through which an animal passes; a muse. [Written also musit.] The many senses through the which he goes, Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak.Mu-sĕtte', n. p. 869A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone. 2. An air adapted to this instrument, of a rustic character, soft and sweet. 3. A dance of a similar cast.Mu-sē'um, n. p. 869A repository or collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.Mŭsh, n. p. 869Indian meal boiled in water.Mŭsh'room, n. p. 869(Bot.) One of a large class of cryptogamic plants of the natural order of Fungi. The name is sometimes popularly restricted to such species as are used as food. See FUNGUS. The mushrooms are cellular…Mŭsh'rōom, a. p. 869Pertaining to mushrooms; resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemeral.Mūsh'rōom-hĕad'ed, a. p. 869(Bot.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom. Henslow.Mū'sic, n. p. 869Melody or harmony; a succession of sounds so modulated as to please the ear, or a combination of simultaneous sounds in accordance or harmony. What music, and dancing, and diversions, and songs are…Mū'si-cal, a. p. 869Belonging or relating to music; as, musical proportion; a musical instrument. 2. Producing music; containing music; as, a musical voice. 3. Pleasing to the ear; melodious; harmonious. “A sentence . .…Mū'si-cal-ly, adv. p. 869In a melodious or harmonious manner; with sweet sounds.Mu'si-cal-ness, n. p. 869The quality of being musical.Mu-sī'cian, n. p. 869One skilled in the art or science of music; especially, a performer of music with the voice, or upon an instrument.Mū'si-co-mā'ni-ȧ, n. p. 869(Med.) A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison.Mū'sic-ry, n. p. 869Musical performance; music. [Obs.]Mŭs'i-mon, n. p. 869See MOUFFLON.Mūs'ing-ly, adv. p. 869In a musing manner.Mūsk, n. p. 869A 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…Mūsk, n. p. 869(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. p. 869To perfume with musk.Mūs'kal-lōng'e', n. p. 869(Ichth.) A large kind of pike (Esox estor of Lesueur), found in the northern lakes and the St. Lawrence and Ohio Rivers. [Written also maskallonge, maskinonge, and muskellunge.]Mūsk'-bee'tle, n. p. 869(Entom.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Cerambyx (C. moschatus), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses.Mūsk'-deer, n. p. 869(Zoöl.) A hornless deer (Moschus moschiferus), and one or two allied species, no larger than a calf, of a yellow or red-brown color, with two white stripes down the neck and breast. The male produces…Mūsk'-dŭck, n. p. 869(Ornith.) A species of duck, so called from its musky odor; the Muscovy-duck.Mūs'ke-lūn'jeh, n. p. 869See MUSKALLONGE.