Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 85
Muse (v. i.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "Thereon mused he." -- Chaucer.
He mused upon some dangerous plot. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Muse (v. i.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study. -- Daniel.
Muse (v. i.) To wonder. [Obs.] -- Spenser. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder.
Muse (v. t.) To think on; to meditate on.
Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. -- Thomson.
Muse (v. t.) To wonder at. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Muse (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study. -- Milton.
Muse (n.) Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Muse (n.) In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science.
Muse (n.) The source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse."
Muse (v.) Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate].
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Muse (v.) [ I ] (Formal) 沉思，默想，冥想 To think about something carefully and for a long time.
// I began to muse about/ on the possibility of starting my own business.
Muse (n.) [ C ] (Literary) （寫作、繪畫或音樂創作方面的）靈感（泉源） An imaginary being, person, or force that gives someone ideas and helps them to write, paint, or make music.
// The muse has left me - I haven't written any poetry for months!
// Juliet was not only the painter's best model but also his muse.
Muse (n.) [ C ] (Literary) 繆斯（古希臘和羅馬神話中司文學、藝術和音樂的九位女神之一） In ancient Greek and Roman stories, one of the nine goddesses who were believed to give encouragement in different areas of literature, art, and music.
Museful (a.) Meditative; thoughtfully silent. "Museful mopings." -- Dryden. -- Muse"ful*ly, adv.
Museless (a.) Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical. -- Milton.
Muser (n.) One who muses.
Muser (n.) A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation [syn: muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator].
Muset (n.) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse. -- Shak.
Musette (n.) A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.
Musette (n.) An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.
Musette (n.) A small bagpipe formerly popular in France [syn: musette, shepherd's pipe].
Museum (n.) [C] 博物館；【美】展覽館，陳列館 A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.
{Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zool.) See {Anthrenus}.
Museum (n.) A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.
Mush (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.
Mushroom (a.) 蘑菇的；蘑菇形的；蘑菇似地迅速發展的；生命如蘑菇般短暫的 Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.
Mushroom (a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.
Mushroom anchor, An anchor shaped like a mushroom, capable of grasping the ground in whatever way it falls.
Mushroom coral (Zool.), Any coral of the genus Fungia. See Fungia.
Mushroom spawn (Bot.), The mycelium, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure containing this growth, which are used for propagation of the mushroom.
Mushroom cloud, A cloud of smoke rising and then spreading laterally to take on the shape of a mushroom -- caused by large fires or explosions, esp. nuclear explosions.
Mushroom (n.) [C] 蘑菇；傘菌；蕈；蘑菇形物；蘑菇般迅速增長的事物；（核爆炸後形成的）蘑菇雲；【古】暴發戶 An edible fungus ({Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.
Mushroom (n.) Any large fungus developing a visible fruiting body with a stem and cap, usu. of the basidiomycetes; especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous. The term mushroom is used most often for edible varieties, the poisonous ones being termed toadstools or other names. But this distinction is often ignored.
Mushroom (n.) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. -- Bacon.
Mushroom (v. i.) To grow or expand rapidly.
Mushroom (v. i.) To grow so much and so rapidly as to change qualitatively; used with into; as, a minor border skirmish mushroomed into a full-blown war.
Mushroom (n.) Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) [ant: toadstool].
Mushroom (n.) Mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
Mushroom (n.) Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium.
Mushroom (n.) A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) [syn: mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud].
Mushroom (n.) Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi.
Mushroom (v.) Pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall."
Mushroom (v.) Grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed."
Mushroom-headed (a.) (Bot.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
Mushy (a.) Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.
She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender. -- G. Eliot. Fro
Mushy (a.) Having the consistency of mush.
Mushy (a.) Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy].
Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no other sounds. See Tone.
Music (n.) (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
Music (n.) (b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
Music (n.) Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. -- Shak.
Music (n.) (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
Magic music, A game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. -- Tennyson.
Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.
Music hall, A place for public musical entertainments.
Music loft, A gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church.
Music of the spheres, The harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
Music paper, Paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists.
Music pen, A pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff.
Music shell (Zool.), A handsomely colored marine gastropod shell ({Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
To face the music, To meet any disagreeable necessity, such as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
Music (n.) An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
Music (n.) Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: music, euphony].
Music (n.) Musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest."
Music (n.) (Music) The sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds).
Music (n.) Punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" [syn: music, medicine].
Music, () A series of languages for musical sound synthesis from Bell Labs, 1960's. Versions: Music I through Music V.
["An Acoustical Compiler for Music and Psychological Stimuli", M.V. Mathews, Bell Sys Tech J 40 (1961)].
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Music, () Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of music is in the account of Laban's interview with Jacob (Gen. 31:27). After their triumphal passage of the Red Sea, Moses and the children of Israel sang their song of deliverance (Ex. 15).
But the period of Samuel, David, and Solomon was the golden age of Hebrew music, as it was of Hebrew poetry. Music was now for the first time systematically cultivated. It was an essential part of training in the schools of the prophets (1 Sam. 10:5; 19:19-24; 2 Kings 3:15; 1 Chr. 25:6). There now arose also a class of professional singers (2 Sam. 19:35; Eccl. 2:8).
The temple, however, was the great school of music. In the conducting of its services large bands of trained singers and players on instruments were constantly employed (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chr. 15; 16; 23;5; 25:1-6).
In private life also music seems to have held an important place among the Hebrews (Eccl. 2:8; Amos 6:4-6; Isa. 5:11, 12; 24:8, 9; Ps. 137; Jer. 48:33; Luke 15:25).
Musical (a.) 音樂的，關於音樂的 [B]；音樂般的，美妙的，悅耳的；喜愛音樂的；擅長音樂的； 配樂的；有音樂伴奏的 Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
Musical box, or Music box, A box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.
Musical fish (Zool.), Any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
Musical glasses, Gass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.
Musical (n.) Music. [Obs.]
To fetch home May with their musical. -- Spenser.
Musical (n.) A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party. [Colloq.]
Musical (n.) A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.
Musical (a.) Characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments."
Musical (a.) Talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family" [ant: nonmusical, unmusical].
Musical (a.) Characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant: nonmusical, unmusical].
Musical (a.) Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious, melodic, musical] [ant: unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical].
Musical (n.) 歌舞劇；音樂片 [C] A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing [syn: musical, musical comedy, musical theater].
Musicale (n.) 【美】（非正式的）音樂會 A social musical party. [Colloq.]
Musicale (in British English) (n.) (US and Canadian) A party or social evening with a musical programme.
Musicality (n.) 音樂品質；美妙樂聲；音樂才能；音樂欣賞力 The property of sounding like music [syn: musicality, musicalness].
Musically (adv.) 音樂上地；帶音樂性地；聲音好聽地；在音樂方面 In a musical manner.
Musically (adv.) In a musical manner; "She sang very musically" [ant: unmusically].
Musicalness (n.) The quality of being musical.
Musicalness (n.) The property of sounding like music [syn: musicality, musicalness].
Musician (n.) 音樂家；樂師；作曲家 [C] One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
Musician (n.) Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist, player].
Musician (n.) Artist who composes or conducts music as a profession.
Musicomania (n.) (Med.) 音樂癖，音樂迷（精神病理學） A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. -- Dunglison.
Mouflon (n.) [F. mouflon.] (Zool.) 摩弗倫羊（產於南歐的野生羊） A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
Mouflon (n.) Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia [syn: mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon].
Musimon (n.) (Zool.) See Mouflon.
Musingly (adv.) In a musing manner.
Musingly (adv.) In a reflective manner; "`It's funny about that bar,' he said musingly."
Musit (n.) See Muset.
Compare: Muset
Muset (n.) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse. -- Shak.
Musit (in British English) (n.) (East Anglia dialect) A hole or gap in a fence or hedge through which animals pass.
Also: muset.
Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
Musk (n.) (Zool.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
Musk (n.) The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus).
Erodium ({Erodium moschatum."
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (b) A plant of the genus Erodium ({Erodium moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (c) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
Musk beaver (Zool.), Muskrat (1).
Musk beetle (Zool.), A European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses.
Musk cat. See Bondar.
Musk cattle (Zool.), Musk oxen. See Musk ox (below).
Musk deer (Zool.), A small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu.
Musk duck. (Zool.) (a) The Muscovy duck.
Musk duck. (Zool.) (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata).
Musk lorikeet (Zool.), The Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis) of Australia.
Musk mallow (Bot.), A name of two malvaceous plants.
Musk mallow (Bot.) (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell.
Musk mallow (Bot.) (b) An Asiatic shrub. See Abelmosk.
Musk orchis (Bot.), A European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis); -- so called from its peculiar scent.
Musk ox (Zool.), An Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds.
Musk parakeet. (Zool.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above).
Musk pear (Bot.), A fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear.
Musk plant (Bot.), The Mimulus moschatus, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor.
Musk root (Bot.), The name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi) and of a species of Angelica.
Musk rose (Bot.), A species of rose ({Rosa moschata."
Musk rose (Bot.), A species of rose ({Rosa moschata), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
Musk seed (Bot.), The seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See Abelmosk.
Musk sheep (Zool.), The musk ox.
Musk shrew (Zool.), A shrew ({Sorex murinus"> Musk shrew (Zool.), A shrew ({Sorex murinus), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also sondeli, and mondjourou.
Musk thistle (Bot.), A species of thistle ({Carduus nutans), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk.
Musk tortoise, Musk turtle (Zool.), A small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys odorata syn. Ozotheca odorata), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also stinkpot.
Musk (v. t.) To perfume with musk.
Musk (n.) An odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative.
Musk (n.) The scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer.
Muskadel (n.) See Muscadel.
Compare: Muscadel
Muscadel, muscadelle (n.) See Muscatel, n.
Quaffed off the muscadel. -- Shak.
Muscatel (n.) A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
Muscatel (n.) pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." [Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc.]
Muscadel (n.) Wine from muscat grapes [syn: muscat, muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle].
Muskat (n.) See Muscat.
Compare: Muscat
Muscat (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color. [Written also muskat.]
Muskat (n.) Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes [syn: muscat, muskat].
Muskellunge (n.) (Zool.) A large American pike ({Esox nobilitor) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.].
Muskellunge (n.) Flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish.
Muskellunge (n.) Large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn: muskellunge, Esox masquinongy].
Musket (n.) (Zool.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been completely superseded by the rifle, and is now only of historical interest.
Musket (n.) A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen.
Musketeer (n.) A soldier armed with a musket.
Musketeer (n.) A foot soldier armed with a musket.
Musketo (n.) See Mosquito.
Musketoon (n.) A short musket.
Musketoon (n.) One who is armed with such a musket.
Musketry (n.) Muskets, collectively.
Musketry (n.) The fire of muskets. -- Motley.
Musketry (n.) Musketeers and their muskets collectively.
Musketry (n.) The technique of using small arms (especially in battle).
Muskiness (n.) The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
Muskiness (n.) Having the olfactory properties of musk.
Muskmelon (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant ({Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.
Muskmelon (n.) Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell [syn: sweet melon, muskmelon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo].
Muskmelon (n.) The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers [syn: muskmelon, sweet melon].
Muskogees (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written also Muscogees.]
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent ({Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes water rat.
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) The musk shrew.
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) The desman.
Compare: Desman
Desman (n.) (Zool.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia ({Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers. [Written also d[ae]sman.] Desmid
Muskrat (n.) The brown fur of a muskrat [syn: muskrat, muskrat fur].
Muskrat (n.) Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica].
Muskwood (n.) (Bot.) The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family ({Moschoxylum Swartzii).
Muskwood (n.) (Bot.) The wood of an Australian tree ({Eurybia argophylla).
Muskwood (n.) Musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads [syn: muskwood, Olearia argophylla].
Musky (a.) Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like. -- Milton.
Musky (n.) The muskellunge. [Colloq.]
Musky (a.) Resembling the smell of musk.
Compare: Moslem
Moslem (n.; pl. Moslems) An adherent of Islam; a Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan.
[Written also muslim.] "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem." -- Macaulay.
They piled the ground with Moslem slain. -- Halleck.
Muslim (n.) See Moslem.
Muslim (a.) Of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art" [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic].
Muslim (n.) A believer in or follower of Islam [syn: Muslim, Moslem].
Muslim (n.) [ C ] (Also Moslem) 穆斯林，伊斯蘭教信徒，回教徒 A person who follows the religion of Islam.
Muslim (a.) 穆斯林，伊斯蘭教的，回教的 Muslim people follow the religion of Islam.
// A Muslim country/ state.
// A Muslim family.
Muslin (n.) 細洋布；印花布；棉布 A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven as percale.
Muslin cambric. See Cambric.
Muslin delaine, A light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]
Muslin (n.) Plain-woven cotton fabric.
Muslinet (n.) A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.
Compare: Mouflon
Mouflon (n.) (Zool.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
Musmon (n.) (Zool.) See Mouflon.
Musomania (n.) See Musicomania.
Compare: Muskrat
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent ({Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes water rat.
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) The musk shrew.
Muskrat (n.) (Zool.) The desman.
Musquash (n.) (Zool.) See Muskrat.
Musquash root (Bot.), An umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
Musquash (n.) Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica].
Musquaw (n.) (Zool.) The American black bear. See Bear.
Compare: Musket
Musket (n.) [Sometimes written also musquet.] (Zool.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been completely superseded by the rifle, and is now only of historical interest.
Musquet (n.) See Musket.
Compare: Mosquito
Mosquito (n.; pl. Mosquitoes) (Zool.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also musquito.]
Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, A net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, A fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), A dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, A loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.
Musquito (n.) (Zool.) See Mosquito. Musrole
Musrole (n.) Alt. of Musrol.
Musrol (n.) The nose band of a horse's bridle.
Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. -- Shak.
Muss (n.) A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
Mussed (imp. & p. p.) of Muss.
Mussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muss.
Muss (v. t.) To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple ; -- often used with up; as, the wind mussed up my hair. [Colloq. U.S.]
Muss (n.) A term of endearment. [Obs.] See Mouse. -- B. Jonson.
Muss (n.) A state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness].
Muss (v.) Make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: muss, tussle].
Mussel (n.) [C] (Zool.) 【動】貽貝，淡菜；珠蚌，河蚌 Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.
Mussel (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See {Naiad}, and {Unio}.
{Mussel digger} (Zool.), The grayback whale. See {Gray whale}, under {Gray}.
Mussel (n.) Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine.
Mussel (n.) Marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Mussitation (n.) 啞音脣動（嘴脣模仿說話但不發音的動作）；喃喃細語 A speaking in a low tone; mumbling. [Obs.]
Mussitation (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: {mutter}, {muttering}, {murmur}, {murmuring}, {murmuration}, {mussitation}].
Mussite (n.) (Min.) A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.
Mussulmans (n. pl. ) of Mussulman.
Mussulman (n.) A Mohammedan; a Moslem.
Mussulmanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their customs: Mohammedan.
Mussulmanish (a.) Mohammedan.
Mussulmanism (n.) Mohammedanism.
Mussulmanly (adv.) In the manner of Moslems.
Mussy (a.) Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]
Mussy (a.) Dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits" [syn: messy, mussy].
Must (n.) 葡萄液，果汁 [U] The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. "These men ben full of must." -- Wyclif (Acts ii. 13.).
No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats. -- Longfellow.
Must (n.) 發黴 Mustiness.
Must (v. i. or auxiliary) (aux.) （表示必要，命令或強制）必須，得；（表示肯定的推測）一定是，諒必，八成 To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
Must (v. i. or auxiliary) To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane.
Likewise must the deacons be grave. -- 1 Tim. iii. 8.
Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. -- 1 Tim. iii. 7.
Note: The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. "I must to Coventry." -- Shak.
Must (v. t. & i.) To make musty; to become musty. must
Must, Musth (a.) (Zool.) 狂暴狀態的 Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased testosterone levels. -- n.
Must, Musth (a.) (Zool.) (a) The condition of frenzy.
Must, Musth (a.) (Zool.) (b) An elephant in must.
Must (a.) 絕對必要的，必須的 [B] Highly recommended; "a book that is must reading."
Must (n.) [S] 必須做的事；不可少的事物；一定要看（或聽，讀）的東西 A necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must."
Must (n.) Grape juice before or during fermentation.
Must (n.) The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy [syn: {mustiness}, {must}, {moldiness}].