Webster's Dictionary 1913

5995

Mustac

Mus″tac (?), n. [F. moustac.] (Zoöl.) A small tufted monkey.

5996

Mustache

Mus‐tache″ (mŭs‐tȧsh″; 277), n.; pl.Mustaches (�). [Written also moustache.] [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. μύσταξ upper lip and the beard upo...

5997

Mustacho

Mus‐ta″cho (?), n.; pl.Mustachios (�). A mustache. Longfellow.

5998

Mustachoed

Mus‐ta″choed (?), a. Having mustachios.

5999

Mustahfiz

Mus′tah″fiz′ (?), n. [Turk. & Ar. mustaḥfiẓ who trusts to another's keeping, a soldier of a garrison.] See Army organization, above.

6000

Mustaiba

Mus′ta‐i″ba (?), n. A close-grained, heavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also mosta...

6001

Mustang

Mus″tang (?), n. [Sp. musteño belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild.] (Zoöl.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sus...

6002

Mustard

Mus″tard (?), n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, — mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferou...

6003

Mustee

Mus‐tee″ (?), n. See Mestee.

6004

Musteline

Mus″te‐line (?), a. [L. mustelinus, fr. mustela weasel.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidæ, or the weasels and martens.

6005

Muster

Mus″ter (?), n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See Muster, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern.2. A show; a display. Piers Plowman.3. ...

6006

Muster (2)

Mus″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mustering.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show...

6007

Muster (3)

Mus″ter, v. i. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. “The mu...

6008

Mustily

Mus″ti‐ly (?), a. In a musty state.

6009

Mustiness

Mus″ti‐ness, n. The quality or state of being musty.

6010

Musty

Mus″ty (?), a. [Compar.Mustier (?); superl.Mustiest.] [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. Must, n., Moist.] 1. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste wh...

6011

Mutability

Mu′ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [L. mutabilitas: cf. F. mutabilité.] The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susc...

6012

Mutable

Mu″ta‐ble (?), a. [L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See Move.] 1. Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.Things of the most accide...

6013

Mutableness

Mu″ta‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being mutable.

6014

Mutably

Mu″ta‐bly, adv. Changeably.

6015

Mutacism

Mu″ta‐cism (?), n. See Mytacism.

6016

Mutage

Mu″tage (?), n. A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes.

6017

Mutandum

‖Mu‐tan″dum (mū̍‐tăn″dŭm), n.; pl.Mutanda (#). [L., fr. mutare to change.] A thing which is to be changed; something which must be altered; — used chiefly in the plural.

6018

Mutation

Mu‐ta″tion (mū̍‐tā″shŭn), n. [L. mutatio, fr. mutare to change: cf. F. mutation. See Mutable.] Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.The vicissitude or mutations in th...

6019

Mutation (2)

Mu‐ta″tion (?), n. 1. (Biol.) Gradual definitely tending variation, such as may be observed in a group of organisms in the fossils of successive geological levels.2. (Biol.) (a)...

6020

Mutch

Mutch (much), n. [Cf. D. mutse a cap, G. mütze. Cf. Amice a cape.] The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman.

6021

Mutchkin

Mutch″kin (?), n. A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.