Webster's Dictionary 1913

5914

Musculocutaneous

Mus′cu‐lo‐cu‐ta″ne‐ous (?), a. [L. musculus + E. cutaneous.] (Anat.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.

5915

Musculophrenic

Mus′cu‐lo‐phren″ic (?), a. [L. musculus muscle + E. phrenic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.

5916

Musculosity

Mus′cu‐los″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity.

5917

Musculospiral

Mus′cu‐lo‐spi″ral (?), a. [L. musculus muscle + E. spiral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; — applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.

5918

Musculous

Mus″cu‐lous (?), a. [L. musculosus: cf. F. musculeux.] Muscular. Jonhson.

5919

Muse

Muse (?), n. [From F. musse. See Muset.] A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.Find a hare without a mus...

5920

Muse (2)

Muse, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. �. Cf. Mosaic, n., Music.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the art...

5921

Muse (3)

Muse, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Mused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Musing.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L. morsus a...

5922

Muse (4)

Muse, v. t. 1. To think on; to meditate on.Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. Thomson.2. To wonder at. Shak.

5923

Muse (5)

Muse, n. 1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study. Milton.2. Wonder, or admiration. Spenser.

5924

Museful

Muse″ful (?), a. Meditative; thoughtfully silent. “Museful mopings.” Dryden. — Muse″ful‐ly, adv.

5925

Museless

Muse″less, a. Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical. Milton.

5926

Muser

Mus″er (?), n. One who muses.

5927

Muset

Mu″set (?), n. [OF. mussette, dim. of musse, muce, a hiding place, fr. F. musser, OF. mucier, muchier, to conceal, hide. Cf. Micher.] A small hole or gap through which a wild an...

5928

Musette

Mu‐sette″ (?), n. [F., dim. of OF. muse.] 1. A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.2. An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.

5929

Museum

Mu‐se″um (?), n. A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.Museum beetle, Museum pest. (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.

5930

Mush

Mush (?), n. [Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. mōs food, and prob, to E. meat. See Meat.] Meal (esp. Indian meal)...

5931

Mush (2)

Mush, v. t. [Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.] To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

5932

Mush (3)

Mush (?), n. [Perh. short for mush on, a corrupt of E. marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.] A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; a...

5933

Mush (4)

Mush, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Mushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mushing.] To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. — v. t. To cause to travel or journey.

5934

Mush (5)

Mush, v. t. To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

5935

Mushroom

Mush″room (?), n. [OE. muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F. mousseron; perhaps fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See Moss.] 1. (Bot.) (a) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), havin...

5936

Mushroom (2)

Mush″room, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.2. Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushro...

5937

Mushroom-headed

Mush″room–head′ed (?), a.(Bot.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.

5938

Mushy

Mush″y (?), a. Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender. G. Eliot.

5939

Music

Mu″sic (?), n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. � (sc. �), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. � belonging to Muses o...

5940

Music drama

Mu″sic dra′ma. An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness; musical dr...