-nd, môve, når, nôt;--tube, tüb, büll;--ôi;-pound;--thin, THIS.

MORE, more. a. In greater number, in greater|| MORTIFEROUS, môr-tif'fêr-âs. a. Fatal, den quantity, in greater degree; greater. ly, destructive. MORE, more. ad. To a greater degree; the particle that forms the comparative degree, as,| more happy; again, a second time, as, once more; no more, have done; no more, no longer existing.

MORE, more. s. A great quantity, a greater degree; greater thing, other thing.

MOREL, mo-rel'. s. A plant; a kind of cherry. MORELAND, môreland. s. A mountainous or hilly country.

MOREOVER, more-ò'vår. ad. Beyond what has been mentioned.

MORIGEROUS, mò-rîd'jêr-ûs. a. Obedient, obsequious.

MORION, mởrẻ ăn. s. 166.

A helmet, armour

for the head, a casque. MORISCO, mo-ris'kò. s. A dancer of the morris or moorish dance.

MORN, morn. s. The first part of the day, the morning.

MORNING, môr'ning. s. The first part of the day, from the first appearance of light to the end of the first fourth part of the sun's dail;

course.

MORNING-GOWN, môr-ning-goûn'. s. A loose gown worn before one is formally dressed.

MORTIFICATION, môr-tè-fè-kå'shẳn. s. The
state of corrupting or losing the vital qualities,
gangrene; the act of subduing the body by
hardships and macerations; humiliation, sub-
jection of the passions; vexation, trouble.
To MORTIFY, môr'tè-fi. v. a. To destroy vital
qualities; to destroy active powers, or essen-
tial qualities; to subdue inordinate passions;
to macerate or harass the body to compliance
with the mind; to humble, to depress, to vex.
To MORTIFY, mor'tè-fi. v. n. To gangrene, to
corrupt; to be subdued, to die away.

MORTISE, mor tis. s. 420, 441. A hole cut into
wood that another piece may be put into it.--
See ADVERTISEMENT.

To MORTISE, mor'tis. v. a. To cut with a mor
tise, to join with a mortise.
MORTMAIN, mort'måne. s. Such a state of pos
session as makes it unalienable.
MORTUARY, môr'tshù-âr-rẻ. s. A gift left by a
man at his death to his parish church, for the
recompense of his personal tythes and offerings
not duly paid.

MOSAICK, mò-såîk. a. 509. An imitation of painting composed of precious stones or glass joined and cemented together. Artist's Manual. MORNING-STAR, mor-ning-står. s. The pla-MOSCHETO, mos-kè'tò, s. A kind of gnat ex

net Venus, when she shines in the morning. MOROSE, inò-ròse'. a. 427. Sour of temper, peevish, sullen.

ceedingly troublesome in some part of the
West Indies and America.

MOSQUE, môsk. s. A Mahometan temple.
MOSS, mos. s. A plant.

MOROSELY, mò-rose'lè. ad. Sourly, peevishly.
MOROSENESS, mó-rose'ncs. s. Sourness, pee-To MOSS, môs. v. a. To cover with moss.

vishness.

MOROSITY, mo-rôs'sè-tè. s. Moroseness, sourness, peevishness.

MORPHEW, mor'fà. s. A scurf on the face. MORRIS-DANCE, môr'ris-dânse. s. A dance in which bells are gingled, or staves or swords clashed, which was learned from the Moors. Nine men's Morris, a kind of play, with nine holes in the ground.

MORRIS-DANCER, môr'ris-dân-súr.

S. One

who dances the Moorish dance.
MORROW, môr'rò. s. 327. The day after the
present day; to-morrow, on the day after this
current day.

MORSE, morse. s. A sea horse.
MORSEL, môr'sil. s. 99. A piece fit for the
mouth, a mouthful; a small quantity.
MORSURE, mor'shåre. s. 452. The act of biting.
MORT, mort. s. A tune sounded at the death
of the game.

MORTAL, môr'tål. a. 88. Subject to death,||
doomed sometime to die; deadly, destructive,
procuring death; human, belonging to man;
extreme, violent: in this sense a low expres-

sion.

MORTAL, mor'tål. s. Man, human being.
MORTALITY, môr-tál'lè-tè. s. Subjection to

death, state of being subject to death; death;
power of destruction; frequency of death; hu-
man nature.

MORTALLY, mor'tâl-è. ad. Irrecoverably, to
death, extremely, to extremity.
MORTAR, môr'tår. s. 88, 418. A strong vessel
in which materials are broken by being pound-
ed with a pestle; a short wide cannon, out of
which bombs are thrown.

MORTAR, môr'tår. s. Cement made of lime and
sand with water, and used to join stones or
pricks.

MORTGAGE, môr'gådje. s. 90, 472. A dead
pledge, a thing put into the hands of a credi-
tor; the state of being pledged
To MORTGAGE, mor'gadje. v. a To pledge, to
put to pledge.

MORTGAGEE, môr-gå-jèè'. s. He that takes
or receives a mortgage.
MORTGAGER, mår gå-jur. s. 98. He that gives
a mortgage

MOSSINESS, mos'sè-nés. s. The state of being
covered or overgrown with moss.
MOSSY, mos'sè. a. Overgrown with moss.
MOST, inost. a. The superlative of More. Con
sisting of the greatest number, consisting of the
greatest quantity.

MOST, most. ad. The particle noting the super-
lative degree; as, the most incentive, in the
greatest degree.
MOST, most. s.

The greatest number; the greatest value; the greatest degree; the greatest quantity.

MOSTICK, mos'tik. s. A painter's staff.
MOSTLY, most'lè. ad. For the greatest part.
MOSTWHAT, most'hwôt. s. For the most part.
Not used.

MOTATION, mò-tà'shån. s. Act of moving.
MOTE, mote. s. A small particle of matter, any
thing proverbially little.

MOTE, mote. For Might. Obsolete.
MOTH, môth. s. 467. A small winged insect that
eats cloths and hangings.

MOTHER, mатн'år. s. 165, 469. A woman that
has borne a child, correlative to son or daugh-
ter; that which has produced any thing; that
which has preceded in time, as, a Mother
church to chapels; hysterical passion; a fami-
liar term of address to an old woman Mother-
in-law; a husband's or wife's mother: a thick
substance concreting in liquors, the lees or scum
concreted.

MOTHER, můтн'åг. a. 165. Had at a birth, na tive.

To MOTHER, måтн'år. v. n. To gather con

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;—mẻ, mêt;—pine, piu;——

MOTIVE, mo'tiv. a. 157. Causing motion, hav-To MOULD, mold. v. n. To contract concreted ing movement; having the power to move; having power to change place.

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MOTIVE, mo'tiv. s. That which determines the choice, that which incites to action. MOTLEY, môt'lè. a. Mingled of various colours. MOTOR, mo'tôr. s. 165. A mover. MOTORY, mở târ-rẻ. a. 512. Giving motion. For the last o, see DOMESTICK. MOTTO, nốt tỏ. S. A sentence added to a device, or prefixed to any thing written. To MOVE, mỏỏv. v. a. 164. To put out of one place into another, tɔ put in motion; to give an impulse to; to propose, to recommend; to per-MOULDING, molding. s. Ornamental cavities suade; to prevail on the mind; to affect, to touch pathetically, to stir passion; to make angry; to conduct regularly in motion.

MOVER, môô'vår. s. 98. The person or thing|MOUNTAIN, môûn'tin. s. 208. A large hill, a

-nd, môve, når, nôt ;-túbe, tâb, bûll ;-dil ;-pôând ;-thin, THIS

MOURNFUL, morn'fül. a. Having the appear- || MUCILAGINOUS, md-sè-lâd'jîn-ds. a. Slimy ance of sorrow; causing sorrow; sorrowful, viscous, soft with some degree of tenacity.

feeling sorrow, betokening sorrow, expressive || MUCK, môk. s. Dung for manure of grounds,

of grief. MOURNFULLY, mòrn'fål-lè. ad. Sorrowfully,

with sorrow.

MOURNINGLY, morning-lè. ad. With the appearance of sorrowing.

any thing low, mean, and filthy. To run muck, signifies, to run madly and attack all that we meet.

MOURNFULNESS, morn'ful-nes. s. Sorrow, To MUCK, måk. v. a. To manure with muck,
grief; show of grief, appearance of sorrow. to dung.
MOURNING, morning. s. Lamentation, sor-MUCKINDER, måk în-dår. s. A handkerchief
row; the dress of sorrow.
Not used, except in the Provinces.
MUCKHILL, mak hil. s. 406. A dunghill.
MUCKINESS, måk'kè-nès s. Nastiness; filth.
MUCKLE, mak'kl. a. 403. Much. Obsolete.
MUCKSWEAT, måk'swêt s. Profuse sweat.
MUCKWORM, måk'wårın. s. A worm that lives
in dung; a miser, a curmudgeon.
MUCKY, mak'ke. a. Nasty, filthy.
MUCOUS, ma'kds. a. 314. Slimy, viscous.
MUCOUSNESS, mu'kis-nës. s. Slune, viscosity.
MUCULENT, muku-lênt. a. Viscous, slimy.

MOUSE, modse. s. Plur. Mice. The smallest of all beasts, a little animal haunting houses and corn-fields.

To MOUSE, môåze. v. n. 313, 437. To catch
mice.

MOUSE-HOLE, môåse'hole. s. Small hole.
MOUSER, môåz'år. s. 98, 457. One that hunts
mice.
MOUSETAIL, môåse'tåle. s. An berb."
MOUSE-TRAP, mouse'trap. s. A snare or gin
in which mice are taken.
MOUTH, mouth. s. 467. The aperture in the
head of any animal at which the food is re-
ceived; the opening, that at which any thing
enters, the entrance; the instrument of speak-
ing; a speaker, the principal orator, in bur-
lesque language cry, voice. Distortion of the
mouth; wry face. Down in the mouth; deject-
ed, cloudy.

To MOUTH, moåтн. v. n. 467. To speak big,

The vowel u, in the first syllable of this and similar words, forms a remarkable exception to the shortening power of the antepenultimate and secondary accent; any other vowel but u. unless followed by a diphthong, would have been short. This arises from no regard to the Latin quantity in the word Muculentus, for the u in Culinary and Mutilate, &c. is long in English, though short in the Latin Culinarius, Mu filo, &c. So that the long u in this and similar words is an idiom of our own pronunciation 508, 511, 530.

to speak in a strong and loud voice, to vocife-MUCUS, ma'kâs. s. The viscous substance dis rate.

To MOUTH, mỏůтн. v. a. To utter with a voice
affectedly big; to chew, to eat; to seize in the
mouth; to form by the mouth.

MOUTHED, mouтH'd. a. 359. Furnished with
a mouth.
MOUTH-FRIEND, mouth'frend. s. One who
professes friendship without intending it.
MOUTHFUL, mouth'fàl. s. What the mouth
contains at once; any proverbially small quan-
tity.

MOUTH-HONOUR, môdth'ôn-når. s. Civility
outwardly expressed without sincerity.
MOUTHLESS, mouth'les. a. Without a mouth.
MOW, môù. s. 323. A loft or chamber where any
hay or corn is laid up.

To MOW, mò. v. a. 324. To cut with a scythe;
to cut down with speed and violence.
To MOW, mod. v. a. To put in a mow.
MOW, mỗů. s. 323. Wry mouth, distorted face.
Obsolete.

To MOWBURN, môù'bårn. v. n. To ferment
and heat in the mow for want of being dry.
MOWER, mo'år. s. 98. One who cuts with a
scythe.

MOXA, môk'sâ. s. 92. An Indian moss, used
in the cure of the gout by burning it on the
part aggrieved.

MOYLE, moil. s. 329. A mule, an animal ge-
nerated between the horse and the ass. Not used.
MUCH, matsh. a. 352. Large in quantity, long
in time, many in number.
MUCH, matsh. ad. 352. In a great degree, by
far; often or long; nearly.
MUCH, mutsh. s. A great deal, multitude in
number, abundance in quantity; more than
enough, a heavy service or burden: any assign-
able quantity or degree; an uncommon thing,
something strange. To make much of; to treat
with regard, to fondle.

AUCH AT ONE, måtsh-ât-wûn' ad. Of equal
value, of equal influence.

MUCHWHAT, måtsh'hwôt. ad. Nearly. Little

used.

MUCID, mu'sid. a. Slimy, musty.

MUCIDNESS, mu'sid-nès. s. Slimipess, mustiness. MUCILAGE, mu'sè-ladje. s. 90. A slimy or viscous mass; a body with moisture sufficient o hold it together.

charged at the nose; any viscous matter.
MUD, můd. s. The slime at the bottom of still
water; earth well moistened with water.
To MUD, måd. v. a. To bury in the slime or
mud; to make turbid, to pollute with dirt.
[MUDDILY, måd ́dè-lè. ad. ́ Turbidly, with foul
mixture.

MUDDINESS, mâd'dè-nès. s. Turbidness, foul-
ness caused by mud, dregs, or sediment.
To MUDDLE, måd'dl. v. a. 405. To make tur
bid, to foul; to make half drunk, to cloud or
stupify.

MUDDY, mid'dè. a. Turbid, foul with mud;
impure, dark; cloudy, dull.

To MUDDY, måd'dè. v. a. To make muddy, to
cloud, to disturb.

MUDSUCKER, mad'sûk-kûr. s.
A sea fowl.
MUDWALL, måd'wål. s. A wall built without

mortar.

|| MUDWALLED, mâd'wå¡ o. a. 339. Having a mudwall.

To MUE, mů. v. a. To moult, to change feathers. MUFF, måf. s. A soft cover for the hands in winter.

To MUFFLE, můf'fl. v. a. 405. To cover from the weather; to blindfold; to conceal, to involve.

MUFFLER, måf'fl-år. s. A cover for the face; a part of a woman's dress by which the face is covered.

MUFTI, måf'tè. s. The high priest of the Ma

hometans.

MUG, mag. s. A cup to drink out of.
MUGGY, mug'ge,

MUGGISH, muggish. a. 383. Moist, dainp.

It is highly probable that this word is a cor ruption of Murky, which Johnson and other writers explain by dark, cloudy, &c.; but Skinner tells us it is used in Lincolnshire to signity darkness, accompanied by heat; and as this temperament of the weather is commonly ac companied by moisture, the word is generally used to signify a dark, close, warın, and mois state of the air. As this word is not very legi. timately derived, it is seldom heard among the learned and polite; but as it affords us a new complex idea, and is in much use among the middle ranks of life, it seems not worthy of being adopted.

559. Fate, får, fåll, fåt;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

MUGHOUSE, måg'hôûse. s. An alehouse, a low || MULTIPLICITY, mûl-tè-plis'è-tè. s. More than house of entertainment. one of the same kind; state of being many. MULTIPLICIOUS, mål-tè-plish'as. a. Manifold. Obsolete.

MUGIENT, mo'jè-ênt. a. Bellowing. MULATTO, mu-låt'tò. s. One begot between a white and a black.

MULBERRY, mål'ber-rẻ. s. A tree, and its fruit. MULCT, måĺkt. s. A fine, a penalty; a pecuniary penalty.

To MULCT, můlkt. v. a. To punish with fine or forfeiture.

MULE, måle. s. An animal generated between a he-ass and a mare, or between a horse and a she-ass.

MULETEER, mù-lét-tèèr. S. Mule-driver,
horse-boy.

MULIEBRITY, mů-lè-êb’brẻ-tè. S. Woman-
hood, the correspondent to virility.
MULISH, ma'lish. a. Having the nature of a
mule, obstinate.

To MULL, måll. v. a. To soften, as wine when
burnt or softened; to heat any liquor, and sweet-
en and spice it.

MULLAR, mål'lår. s. 88. A stone held in the
hand with which any powder is ground upon a
horizontal stone.

MULLEIN, mål'lin. s. A plant.
MULLET, mål'lit. s. 99. A sea-fish.
MULLIGRUBS, mål'lè-gråbz. s. Twisting of the
guts. A low word.

MÜLSE, målse. s. Wine boiled and mingled with
honey.

MULTANGULAR, målt-âng'gå-lår. a. Many-
cornered, having many corners, polygonal.
MULTANGULARLY, målt-ång'gu-lâr-lè ad.
With many corners.
MULTANGULARNESS, målt-ảnggủ-lâr-nés. s.
State of being polygonal.
MULTICAPSULAR, mål-te-kap'shù-lår a. 452.
Divided into many partitions or cells.
MULTIFARIOUS, mål-tè-fa're ůs. a.
great multiplicity, having different respects.
MULTIFARIOUSLY, mål tè-fá'rè-as-lè.
With multiplicity.
MULTIFARIOUSNESS, mål-tè-fà'rè-is-nês. s.
Multiplied diversity.

Having

ad.

MULTISILIQUOUS, mål-tè-sîl ́lè-kwds. a. The
same with corniculate: used of plants whose seed
is contained in many distinct seed-vessels.
MULTITUDE, mål'te-tàde. s. 463. Many, more
than one; a great number, loosely and indefi-
nitely; a crowd or throng, the vulgar.
MULTITUDINOUS, mål-te-tu'dé-nos. a. Hav.
ing the appearance of a multitude; manifold
MULTIVAGANT, mål-tiv'vå-gånt.
MULTIVAGOUS, mål-tiv'vâ-gus.
That wanders or strays much abroad.
MULTIVIOUS, mål-tiv'vè-ås.
ways, manifold.
MULTOCULAR, målt-ók'ků-lår. a. Having more

eves than two.

a.

a. Having many

MOM, mum. interject. A word denoting pro.
hibition to speak; silence, hush.
MUM, mům. s. Ále brewed with wheat.
To MUMBLE, mum'bl. v. n. 405. To speak in-
wardly, to grumble, to mutter; to speak indis-
tinctly; to chew, to bite softly.

To MUMBLE, inam'bl. v. a. To utter with a
low inarticulate voice; to mouth gently; to
slubber over, to suppress, to utter imperfectly
MUMBLER, mûm'bl-år s. 98. One that speaks
inarticulately, a matterer.

MUMBLINGLY, mum'bl-ing-lè. ad. With inerticulate utterance.

MULTIFORM, mål'tè-form. a. Having various
shapes or appearances.
MULTIFORMITY, mål-tè-för'mè-tè. s. Diversi-To
ty of shapes or appearances subsisting in the
same thing.

MULTILATERAL, mål-tè-lât'têr-ål. a. Having
many sides.

MULTILOQUOUS, mål-til ́ld-kwås. a. 518. Very talkative.

MULTINOMINAL, mål-tè-nôm'mè-nâl. a. Having many naines.

MULTIPAROUS, mål-tip'pâ-rås. a. 518. Bringing
many at a birth.

MULTIPEDE, mål'tè-pêd. s. An insect with
many feet.-See MILLEPEDES.
MULTIPLE, mål'té-pl. s. 405. A term in arith-
metick, when one number contains another se-
veral times; as, nine is the multiple of three,
containing it three times.

MULTIPLIABLE, mål'tè-pll-å-bl. a. Capable
of being multiplied.

s. The

MULTIPLIABLENESS, mål'tè-pll-â-bl-nês, s.
Capacity of being multiplied.
MULTIPLICABLE, mål'tè-plè-kâ-bl. a. Ca-
pable of being arithmetically multiplied.
MULTIPLICAND, mål-tè-plè-kând'.
number to be multiplied in arithmetick.
MULTIPLICATE, mål-tip'plè-kåte. a. 91. Con-
sisting of more than one.
MULTIPLICATION, mål-tè-plè-kå'shún. s. The
act of multiplying or increasing any number by
addition or production of more of the same
kind in arithmetick, the increasing of any one
number by another, so often as there are units
in that number by which the one is increased.
MULTIPLICATOR, mål-tè-plè-ka'tur. s. 166. The
Bumber by which another number is multiplied.

MUMM, mum. v. a. To mask, to frolick in
disguise. Obsolete.
MUMMER, anûni'mår. s. 93. A masker, one
who performs frolicks in a personated dress.
MUMMERY, mầm môr-rẻ. s. 557. Masking,
frolick in masks, foolery.

MUMMY, mam'mè. s. A dead body preserved
by the Egyptian art of embalming Mummy is
used among gardeners for a sort of wax used
in the planting and grafting of trees.
To MUMP, måmp. v. a. To nibble, to bite quick,
to chew with a continued motion; to talk low
and quick; in cant language to go a-begging.
MUMPER, måmp'år. s. 98. A beggar.
MUMPS, mamps. s. Sullenness, silent anger;
a disease.

To MUNCH, můnsh. v. a. 352. To chew by
great mouthfuls.

The act of

MUNCHER, inonsh'år. s. 98. One that munches.
MUNDANE, mân'dåne. a. Belonging to the
world.
MUNDATION, mân-då'shẳn. s.
cleansing.
MUNDATORY, mån'då-tůr-rẻ. a
power to cleanse.

Having the

For the o, see DOMESTICK. 512. MUNDICK, mun'dik. s. A kind of marcasito found in tin mines. MUNDIFICATION, mån-dè-fè-ká’shân. s. The act of cleaning. MUNDIFICATIVE, mân-dif'fè-kâ-tiv. a See JUSTIFICATIVE. Cleansing, having the power to cleanse.

To MUNDIFY, mûn'dè-fl. v. a. 183. To cleanse,

to make clean,

MUS

351

mnd, môve, nỗi, nốt ;—tibe, tảo, bâll;−3;pound ;—tning THIS.

2.

518.

Having the

MUNDIVAGANT, mån die ́vâ-gånt. Wandering through the world." MUNDUNGUS, man-dång'gås. s. Stinking tobacco. MUNERARY, munér-â-rẻ. a. 512. nature of a gift. MUNGREI, mung gril. s. 99. Any thing generated between different kinds, any thing partaking of the qual es of different causes or pa

rents.

MUNGREL, mång'gr. a. Generated between different natures, baseborn, degenerate. MUNICIPAL, md-nis'sè-pâl. a. Belonging to a corporation.

MUNICIPALITY, mù-né-sè-pâl'è-tè.

S.

The

people of a district in the division of republican France. Mason.

MUNIFICENCE, mů-nif'fè-sènse. s. the act of giving.

Liberality,

MUNIFICENT, md-nif'fè-sent. a. Liberal, gen

Fortification,
To fortify, to

MUNIFICENTLY, mù-nîf'fè-sẻnt-lè. ad. Liberally, generously. MUNIMENT, mu'nè-ment. strong hold; support, defence. To MUÑITE, mů-nite'. strengthen. A word not in use. MUNITION, mo-nish'an. s. Fortification, strong hold; ammunition, materials for war. MUNNION, man'yan. s. 113. Munnions are the upright posts that divide the lights in a windowframe.

MURAGE, muʼridje. s. 90. walls in repair.

Money paid to keep

MURAL, mu'rål. a. 177. Pertaining to a wall.
MURDER, mår dår. s. 98. The act of killing a
man unlawfully.

To MURDER, mår dår. v. a. To kill a man un-
lawfully; to destroy, to put an end to.
MURDERER, mår dår-år. s. 557. One who has
shed human blood unlawfully.
MURDERESS, mår dår-ès. s.
commits murder.

A woman that

MURDERMENT, mår'dår-mênt. s. The act of

555.

Bloody,

killing unlawfully. MURDEROUS, mir'dår-ås. a. guilty of murder. A wall. Not in use. MURE, můre. s. MURENGER, mů'rẻn-jår. s. 177. An overseer of a wall.

This word is often improperly pronounced with the u short, as if written Murren ger. MURIATICK, mu-ré-ât'tik. a. Partaking of the taste or nature of brine.

a.

MURK, můrk. s. Darkness, want of light.
Dark, cloudy, wanting
MURKY, můr'kė.
light. See MUGGY.
A low continued buz-
MURMUR, mår'mår. s.
zing noise; a complaint half suppressed.
To give a low
To MURMUR, mårʼmår.
buzzing sound; to grumble; to utter secret

discontent.

v. n.

MURMURER, mår'mår rår. s. 98. One who re-
pines, a grumbler, a repiner.
MURRAIN, mår'rin. s.
cattle.

208. The plague in

MURREY, môr'rè. a. 270. Darkly red.
MURRION, mår'rè-ån. s.

casque.

A helmet, a

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S.

A kind of

MUSCADEL, mûs'kâ-del.
MUSCADINE, mûská-dine. 149.
sweet grape, sweet wine, and sweet pear.
A delicious grape having
MUSCAT, mus kât. s.
the flavour of musk; a kind of sweet pear.
MUSCLE, mas'sl. s. 351, 405. The fleshy fibrous
part of an animal body, the immediate
ment of motion; a bivalve shell fish.
Mossiness.
MUSCOSITY, můs-kôs ́sè-tè. s.
MUSCULAR, mus'kd-lar. a. 3. Performed by
muscles.

MUSCULARITY, mås-ků-lár'rẻ-të, s
of having muscles

MUSCULOUS, mûská-las. a. 314. Full of m
cles, brawny; pertaining to a muscle.
One of the nine sister god-
desses, who, in the heathen mythology, are
MUSÉ, maze. s.
supposed to preside over the liberal arts.
Deep thought, close attention;
MUSE, muze. s.
absence of mind; the power of poetry.
To ponder, to study in
silence; to be absent of mind; to wonder, to
To MUSE, můze. v. n.
be amazed.

MUSER, muzûr. s. 98. One who muses, one
MUSEFUL, mize'ful. a. Deep thinking.
apt to be absent of mind.

MUSEUM, mů-zè'am. s.-Sce PYGMEAN. A re-
pository of rare and curious articles either na
tural or artificial.
Mushrooms are
MUSHROOM, måsh'rôôm. s.
by naturalists, esteemed perfect plants, thought
their flowers and seeds have not as yet been
discovered; a wretch risen from the dunghill,
an upstart.

kind of fossil.
MUSHROOMSTONE, mush'rỏỏm-stone. s. A

MUSICK, muzik. s. 400. The science of harmo
nical sounds; instrumental or vocal harmony
Harmonious, melo
MUSICAL, ma'zè-kál. a.
dious, sweet sounding; belonging to musick.
MUSICALLY, mů'zé-kál-lè. ad. Harmonious
with sweet sound.
One skilled m
MUSICALNESS, mů'zè-kâl-nês s. Harmony
harmony, one who performs upon instruments
of musick.
MUSICIAN, mu-zish'an. s. 357.
MUSK, musk. s. A light friable substance, of a

dark reddish brown colour and somewhat unc
tuous feel. It is a powerful perfume. The best
musk is brought from the East Indies; and is
the product of an animal called the musk deer.
American Dispensatory.
MUSK, måsk.

flower.

S.

Grape hyacinth or grape

MUSKAPPLE, måsk'âp-pl. s. 405. A kind of
apple.

which musk is got.
MUSKCHERRY,
MUSKCAT, måsk'kât. s.
cherry.

The animal from

S.

A sort of

måsk'tsher-ré.

MUSKET, mis kit. s. 99. A soldier's handgun;
a male hawk of a small kind.
MUSKETEER, mûs-kè-tèèr'. s. A soldier whose
A blunderbuss,
weapon is his musket.
MUSKETOON, mås-kè-tôôn'. s.
a short gun of a large bore.
A fragrant
MUSKINESS, mås'ke-nês. s. The scent of musk.
MUSKMELON, måsk'mêl-lån. s.
melon.

MUSKPEAR, måsk'parc. s. A fragrant pear.
A rose so called
MUSKROSE, måsk'roze.
from its fragrance.
MUSKY, måske. a. Fragrant, sweet of scent.
MUSS, mus. s. A scramble. Obsolete.
MUSLIN, muz'lu. s. A fine stuff made of cotton

Murmur,
to Smush.
From this, perhaps, comes the vulgar word
MUSSITATION, můs-sè-tà'shủn. s.
grumble.
MUSSULMAN, mûs's-mân. s. 88. A Mahome-
tan believer.
MUST, måst. verb imperfect. To be obliged. It
is only used before a verb. Must is of all per-
sons and tenses, and used of persons and things.
MUSI, must. s.-See LAMB'S-WOOL. New wine,
new wort.

To MUST, must. v. a. To mould, to make mouldy hair on the upper lip. A plant. To MUST, mast. v. n. To grow mouldy. instru-MUSTACHES, mis-stá'shlz. s. 99. Whiskers, MUSTARD, mis türd. s. 29. To MUSTER, mas tur. v. n. 98. To assemble in