MUS
W 559. Fate 73, (Hr 77, fall S3, flt fT»—miW,
MUSCADEL, miis'kil-dtl, 7 *. A
MUSCADINE,mus'kd-dine, 1-19. ) kind
of sweet grape, sweet wine, nnd sweet pear.
MUSCAT, mus'kat, s. A delicious grape hav-ing the thivour of musk ; ft kind of sweet pear.
MUSCLE, mus'sl, a. 351, 405. The fleshyfibrous part of an animal body, the immediateinstruments of motion ; a bivalve shell-fish.
MUSCOSITY, mus-kds'se-te,s. Mossiness.
MUSCULAR, mus'ku-Iar, u. 88. Performedby muscles.
MUSCULARITY, mus-ku-lar're-te, s. Thestate of having muscles.
MUSCULOUS, mus'ku-lus, a. 314. Full ofmuscles, brawny ; pertaining (o a muscle.
MUSK, znuze, a. One of the nine sister god-desses who, in the heathen mythology, aresupposed to preside over the liberal arts.
MUSE, muze, a. Deep thought, close atten-tion, absence of mind ; the power of poetry.
To MUSE, mize, t*. n. To ponder, to studyin silence ; to be absent of mind ; to wonder,to he amazed.
MUSKFUL,muze'ful, a. Deep-thinking.
MUSER, miYzur, s . 98. One who inuses, |one apt to be absent of mind.
MUSEUM , niu-zc'um, a,—S ee Pygmean .—A repository of learned curiosities.
MUSHROOM, mush'room, s. Mushroomsare, by curious naturalists, esteemed perfectplants, though their flowers and seeds havenot us yet been discovered ; an upstart, awretch risen from the dunghil.
MUSHROOMSTONE, mush'rSSm-st&ne, a.
A kind of fossil.
MUSICK, nnVzik, s. 400. The science ofharmonical sounds ; instrumental or vocal har-mnny.
MUSICAL, imYze-kal,fl. Harmonious,melo-dious, sweet-sounding ; belonging to musick.
MUSICALLY, imYzc-k&l-lu, ad. Harmoni-ously, with sweet s und.
MUSIC A LN ESS, inu'ze-kM-nes, a. Harmony.
MUSICIAN, jnu-zjsli'uu, a. 357. One skilledin harmony, one who performs upon instru-ments of musick.
MUSK, musk, a. A very powerful perfume :it is procured from a kind of Indian goat.
MUSK, musk, a. Crape hyacinth or grapeflower.
MUSKAPPLE, m&sk'£p-p], s. 405. A kind
of apple.
MUSKCAT, nmsk'k&t, a. The animal fromwhich musk is got.
MUSKCHEUKY, mhsk'tshir-ri, s . A sort
of cherry.
MUSKET , ni&s'kit, a. 99. A soldier’s hand-gun ; a male hawk of a small kind.
MUSKETEER, mus-ke-tcer', «. A soldierwhose weapon is his musket.
MUSKETOON, mus-ke-toon', a. A blun-derbuss, a short gun of a large hore.
MUSKINESS, mus'k£-nes, s. The scent ofmusk. , _ - . _
MUSKMELON, musk'mel-lun, a. A Ira-grunt melon.
MUSKPEAU,m?i9k'pKre,A. A fragrantpear.
MUSKROSE, inusk'roze, s. A rose so
called from its fragrance.
MUSKY, mtWke, re. Fragrant,Rweet of scent.
MUSLIN, muz'lm, g. A flint stuff made ofcotton.
MUT
m?t 93—pine 105, pin 107—ml 1153, move 104,
MUSS, mus,». A scramble. Obsolete.
£3* From this, perhaps, conics the valvar word to
Sm/tsh.
MUSSITATION, mus-se-tk'shun, a. Mur-mur, grumble.
MUSSULMAN, mus'sul-man, a. 88. A Ma-hometan .believer.
MUST, must, verb imperf . To be obliged. Itis only used before a verb —Must is of all per-sons and tenses,and used of persons and thing*
MUST, must, s .—See Lamb’s-wool .—Newwine, new wort.
To MUST, must, c. a. To mould, to make
mouldy.
To MUST, must, r. n. To grow mouldy.
MUSTACHES , mus-stk'shlz, £.99. Whiskers,hair on the upper lip.
MUSTARD , mus'turd, s. 88. A plant.
To MUSTER, mus'tur, v . n. 98. To assem-ble in order to form an army
To MUSTER, mus'tur, v. a. To reviewforces ; to bring together.
MUSTER, mus tur, a. A review of a bodyof forces; a register of forces mustered; ftcollection, as, a Muster of peacocks.—To pas*Muster, to be allowed.
MUSTER-BOOK, mus't?ir-b&&k, s. A bookin which the forces are registered.
MUSTERMASTER, m5s'tfir-m5-st5r, *.
One who superintends the muster, to preventfrauds.
MUSTER-ROLL, mus'tur-role, s. A regis-ter of forces.
MUSTILY, mus'ti-li, ad. Mouldily.
MUSTINESS, mus'ti-nes, s. Mould , dampfoulness .
MUSTY, mus'te, a. Mouldy, spoiled withdamp, moist and fetid; stale; vapid; dull,hea*'y.
MUTABILITY, mft-ti-bll'le-te, s. Cbiuup-ableness; inconstancy, change of mind.
MUTABLE, mu'tsLbl, a. 405. Subject tochange; alterable; inconstant, unsettled.
MUTABLENESS, mfi'tiL-bl-n£s,£. Chaugc-ablene*s, uncertainty.
MUTATION, mu-tet'shun, s. Change, alter-ation.
MUTE, mute, a. Silent, not vocal, not hav-ing the use of voice. (
MUTE, mute, s. One that has no power «tspeech ; a letter which can make no sound.
To MUTE, mute, v. n. To dung us birds.
MUTELY, mute'le, ad. Silently, not vocally.
To MUTILATE , mu'til-l&te, v. a. To de-prive of some essential part.
MUTILATION, mu-te-la'shun, ft. Depriva-tion of a limb or any essential part.
MUTINE, inu'tfn, s. 140. A mutineer.used. ..
MUTINEER, mu-tin-neer', s. A mover otsedition.
MUTINOUS, mu'tfn-nus, «. 314. Sedition**busy in insurrection, turbulent.MUTINOUSLY, niiVtln-nus-le, ftd.
tiously, tiirbulendy. „
MUTINOUSNESS, mu'tln-nus-nes, £•tiousn*»ss, turbulence. . .
To MUTINY, nnWe-ne, t*. h. To rise agai»s*
authority, to make insurrection. .
MUTIN Y,mu'te-ne,A. Insurrection, scditj° j
To MUTTER, mut'tur, v. «. 98. To grumbleto murmur.
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