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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Mŭs'ket, n. p. 869The male young of the sparrow-hawk. [Obs.] 2. A species of fire-arm carried by the infantry, or main body of an army, and originally fired by means of a match, for which a flint-lock was substituted.…Mŭs'ket-eer', n. p. 869A soldier armed with a musket.Mūs'ket-ōon', n. p. 869A short musket. 2. One who is armed with such a musket.Mūs'ket-ry, n. p. 869Muskets in general or collectively. “The rattle of musketry.” Motley.Mūsk'i-ness, n. p. 869The quality of being musky; the scent of musk.Mūsk'-mēl'on, n. p. 869A delicious species of melon;— so called from its musky fragrance.Mūsk'-ôr'chis, n. p. 869(Bot.) A plant of the genus Herminium.Mūsk'-ōx, n. p. 869(Zoöl.) An ox (the Ovibos moschatus) which inhabits the country about Hudson's Bay. It has large horns turned downward on each side of the head.Mūsk'-peär, n. p. 869A fragrant kind of pear. Johnson.Mŭsk'-răt, n. p. 870(Zoöl.) A rodent animal, of the genus Ondatra, which includes but one species, O. zibethicus, allied to the beaver, but about the size of a cat, having a strong, musky smell. It is a native of North…Mŭsk'-rōse, n. p. 870(Bot.) A species of rose;—so called from its fragrance.Mŭsk'-seed, n. p. 870(Bot.) The seed of a plant of the genus Hibiscus.Mūsk'-thĭs'tle, n. p. 870(Bot.) A species of thistle having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk; Carduus nutans. Baird.Mūsk'-wood, n. p. 870(Bot.) The wood of a species of tree of the genus Trichilia.Mūsk'y, a. p. 870Having the odor of musk; fragrant.Mūs'lin, n. p. 870A thin, cotton cloth, of any kind. In each of these champs [divisions of a market] you may meet with several sorts of strange merchandises; before all, in champs Agemi, where you have all sorts of…Mŭs'lin-ēt', n. p. 870A sort of coarse cotton cloth.Mūs'mon, n. p. 870The moufflon. See MOUFFLON. Swainson.Mū'so-mā'nī-ā, n. p. 870See MUSICOMANIA.Mŭs'quash, n. p. 870The same as MUSK-RAT, q. v. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. It is common in swamps through the United States.Mŭs'quet, n. p. 870See MUSKET.Mus-quī'to, n. p. 870A small insect of the genus Culex, that is bred in water; a species of gnat that abounds in marshes and low lands, and whose sting is peculiarly painful and vexatious. [Written also mosquito.]