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- English Word Musket Definition The male of the sparrow hawk.
- English Word Musket Definition 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 This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
- English Word Musketeer Definition A soldier armed with a musket.
- English Word Musketo Definition See Mosquito.
- English Word Musketoon Definition A short musket.
- English Word Musketoon Definition One who is armed with such a musket.
- English Word Musketry Definition Muskets, collectively.
- English Word Musketry Definition The fire of muskets.
- English Word Muskiness Definition The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
- English Word Muskmelon Definition 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.
- English Word Muskogees Definition 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.
- English Word Muskrat Definition A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind 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, and ondatra.
- English Word Muskrat Definition The musk shrew.
- English Word Muskrat Definition The desman.
- English Word Muskwood Definition The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).
- English Word Muskwood Definition The wood of an Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).
- English Word Musky Definition Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like.
- English Word Muslim Definition See Moslem.
- English Word Muslin Definition A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.
- English Word Muslinet Definition A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.
- English Word Musmon Definition See Mouflon.
- English Word Musomania Definition See Musicomania.
- English Word Musquash Definition See Muskrat.
- English Word Musquaw Definition The American black bear. See Bear.
- English Word Musquet Definition See Musket.
- English Word Musquito Definition See Mosquito.
- English Word Musrol Definition The nose band of a horse's bridle.
- English Word Musrole Definition Alt. of Musrol
- English Word Muss Definition A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
- English Word Muss Definition A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.