Webster's Dictionary 1913

5860

Murrion

Mur″ri‐on (?), a. [See Murrain.] Infected with or killed by murrain. Shak.

5861

Murrion (2)

Mur″ri‐on, n. A morion. See Morion.

5862

Murry

Mur″ry (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Muræna.

5863

Murth

Murth (?), n. Plenty; abundance.

5864

Murther

Mur″ther (?), n. & v. Murder, n. & v. “The treason of the murthering.” Chaucer.

5865

Murtherer

Mur″ther‐er (?), n. A murderer.

5866

Murza

Mur″za (?), n. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.☞ This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though perhaps of the sam...

5867

Mus

‖Mus (?), n.; pl.Mures (#). (Zoöl.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.

5868

Musa

‖Mu″sa (?), n.; pl.Musæ (#). [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum),...

5869

Musaceous

Mu‐sa″ceous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.

5870

Musal

Mus″al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry.

5871

Musang

Mu‐sang″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus ser...

5872

Musar

Mu″sar (?), n. An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.

5873

Musard

Mu″sard (?), n. [F., fr. muser to loiter, trifle. See Muse, v. i.] A dreamer; an absent-minded person. Rom. of R.

5874

Musca

‖Mus″ca (?), n.; pl.Muscæ (#). 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.☞ Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were ...

5875

Muscadel

Mus″ca‐del′ (?), n. [It. moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc. vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling like musk, muscatum and muscat...

5876

Muscadine

Mus″ca‐dine (?), n. [See Muscadel.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, whi...

5877

Muscales

‖Mus‐ca″les (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. muscus moss.] (Bot.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticæ and sphagna.

5878

Muscallonge

Mus″cal‐longe (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Muskellunge.

5879

Muscardin

Mus″car‐din (?), n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See Muscadel.] (Zoöl.) The common European dormouse; — so named from its od...

5880

Muscardine

Mus′car‐dine″ (?), n. A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionall...

5881

Muscariform

Mus‐car″i‐form (?), a. [L. muscarium fly brush + -form.] Having the form of a brush.

5882

Muscarin

Mus‐ca″rin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a viol...

5883

Muscat

Mus″cat (?), n. [F. See Muscadel.] (Bot.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The musc...

5884

Muscatel

Mus″ca‐tel′ (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; as, muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.

5885

Muscatel (2)

Mus″ca‐tel′, n. 1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.2. pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; “sun raisins.”[Variously wr...

5886

Muschelkalk

‖Musch″el‐kalk′ (?), n. [G., from muschel shell + kalk limestone.] (Geol.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic for...