murrelet 
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muscatorium 
murrelet (mer'let), . [< mum-- + -M.] A 
small bird of the- ank family, AleiAe, related t'> 
the nnirres. Severn! sp.vies of munrMs Inhabit the 
North I'aeMi:; they he-long tip the gem-i-i BnietarrAoniptaU 
M\(\ Siinthliborhamphti*. The marliled mum-let is /;. mar- 
nu.tutut; tlii-iTi-stnl n ,11, n hi is*. 
murrent, An obsolete form of murrain. 
murrey (mur'i), a. and n. [< OF. moire = 8p. 
I'g. Hiiirndo = It. miirntii, mulberry-colored, < 
.\fl,. miii-nliis, black, blackish (cf. miiralum, a 
kind of drink, wine colored with mulberries: 
see moral), < L. ;.s-, a mulberry: see more 4 .] 
I. . Of a mulberry (dark-red) color. 
The leaves of some trees turne a little murry or red- 
ili.-li. Hui-un, Nat. Hint., i 512. 
After him followed two pert apple-squires ; the one had 
a murrey cloth gown on. 
Greene, Quip for an Upstart Courtier (Harl. Misc., V. 420). 
II. . In /ice., noting a tincture of a dark- 
reddish brown, also called sani/iiinr. Indicated 
in heraldic representations in black and white 
by lines crossing each other diagonally at right 
angles. 
murrha, . See murnt. 
murrbina, See murrina. 
Murriant, A variant of Marian. 
murrina (mu-ri'nii), 11. pi. [L., also less prop. 
iiiurrhina, myrrhtiia, neut. pi. of murrinus, of 
murra : see iwKcrinc.] Murrine vessels, chiefly 
shallow vases and cups. See murra. 
Murrhina continued to be in request down to the close 
of the empire, and legal writers are continually mention- 
ing them as distinct things from vessels of glass or of the 
precious metals. King, Nat. Hist, of Gems, p. 188. 
murrinallt, An error for murnival. 
murrine (mur'in), a. [Also murrhine, myrr/nm; 
< L. murrinus, less prop, murrhinus, myrrhinus, 
of murra, < murra, murra : see murra.] Made 
of or pertaining to murra. See murra. 
How they quart in gold, 
Crystal, and myrrhine cups, emboss'd with gems 
And studs of pearl. MOiun, V. &., iv. 119. 
Murrine glass, a modern decorative glass-manufacture, 
in which gold and other metals are used for decoration in 
the body of the glass and are seen through the glass itself : 
precious stones are sometimes embedded in the paste. 
murriont, An obsolete form of morion*-. 
murry (mur'i), n. Same as moray. 
mursnid (mdr'shed), H. [Ar. (> Turk. ) murshid, 
a spiritual guide ; cf . rashid, orthodox, rashid, 
prudent, roshd, prudence, orthodoxy.] The head 
of a Mohammedan religious order. Encyc. Brit., 
VH. 113. 
murthH, A Middle English form of mirth. 
murth-t, [ME., < AS. morth, murder: see 
murder.] Murder; slaughter. 
The stoure was so stithe tho strong men among, 
That full mekull was tho murthe, & mony were ded. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 58S. 
murther, murtherer, etc. See murder, etc. 
murumuru-palm (mo-ro'mo-ro-pam), n. A 
palm, .Ixlriii-iiryutii Murumuru. 
muruxi-bark (inO-ruk'si-bark), ii. The astrin- 
gent bark of Byrsoiiimtt *i>icatn, of the West In- 
dies and South America, used in Brazil for tan- 
ning. 
muryet, An obsolete form of merry 1 . 
Mus (mus), n. [NL., < L. mus = Gr. uiif = E. 
/IIIIM.IC.] The leading genus of Murida;, typical of 
the subfamily Marina;. The term was formerly used 
with great latitude for the whole family and various other 
rodents. It is now restricted to species like the common 
honae-mou.se, .)/< HII/M i//"-. the common rnt, .)/. deeiniiii- 
nus; the black rat, M. rattm; M. sylmticw, the wood- 
mouse of Europe ; and M. miuutui, the harvest-mouse of 
the same continent. It still includes a great many species 
of mice and rats, all indigenous to the Old World. Also 
Musmlas. See cut under harvest-mouse. 
Musa (mu'za), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), prob. 
< Ar. mice, banana.] A genus of monocotyle- 
donous plants, type of the order Seitemiiieo;and 
the tribe Mnxfii; known by its tubular calyx. 
There are about 20 species, natives of the tropics. They 
are herbs with thick smooth tree-like stems formed of 
sheathing petioles, rising S to ito feet high from solid wa- 
tery bulbs, with large oblong leaves from 8 to 20 feet long, 
and yellowish flowers in the axils of large ornamental 
bracts (often pnrplishX the whole forming a long nodding 
spike. M . mpientum is the banana. M . paradisiaca (per- 
haps not distinct from the former) is the plantain. M . tfx- 
tilis 1st lie Manil p. hemp. The finest ornamental species is 
,W Knxi if. the Abyssinian banana. See cuts under banana 
Musaceae (mu-/.a'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Massey, 
1816), < Musa + -acea-.] A natural order of 
monocotyledonous plants, typified by the ge- 
nus Jfitsa ; the banana or plantain family. It 
embraces 4 other genera. 
musaceOUS (inu-za'shius), a. [< Mintm-i-ir + 
-ous.] In liot., of or relating to the MH*IH-I 
muszeographist, musaeograpby, etc. See i- 
aviir\i\\ist. eti-. 
1 Mi miiKadintot I'aris and your dandies of I^imlnn. 
li, i oiiingsby, IT. 15. 
musaickt, " and n. An obsolete form of mo- 
imnl ftnft'ul) a t- IV ',/,- as .>/*<-' + muscadine ( mus'ka-din), n. and a. [Formerly 
"S2] IMatftg to theMutes or poetry; poeti- als ,,n,^,di,u; < F. m, ,!,, a must-lozenge, 
cal. [Rare.] 
musalchee, . See muMlMW. 
Musalman (mus'al-man), n. and a. Same as 
Mussulman. 
musang (mu-sang'), . [Malay iiiiii</.J A 
viverroid mammal of the genus I'aradoxurus, 
r. lin-iniiiiliriiilitus (also called P. musanga, I'. 
llln(.J //( llffn tl'l' II* , v A '""" Mini', t* 
al>oilan(ly, beau, <lt. Hiosi-iitimi, :i grape, pear, 
apricot so called (Florio), < moscatv, musk: see 
'/. ] I. a. Same as mtucadel. 
He . . . \ at thlt instant breakfMtlng on new-laid eggs 
and nuueadine. Scot', Kenllworth, I. 
Musanu (Mulaxfa/aictala). 
typus, and /'. fawiatue), occurring throughout 
the countries east of the Bay of Bengal 
Burma, Siam, the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, 
Java, and Borneo. It has the back generally itriped, a 
pale band crosses the forehead, and the whiskers are black. 
The name extends to any paradoiure, and to some similar 
animals. The golden musang is P. aurrul ; the hlll-mu- 
sang is P. yrayi; the three-striped whit-eared musang 
is Arctoyale leucotit. See paradoxure. 
musart (mu'z&r), n. [Cf. musette.] An itine- 
rant musician who played on the musette; a 
bagpiper. Webster. 
Musarabic (mu-zar'a-bik), a. A variant of 
Mozarublc. 
musard (mu'zard), n. [< ME. mtutartl, < 
(and F.) musar'il (= It. musardo),( muser, muse : 
see nittscl.] It. A mnser or dreamer; a vaga- 
bond. 
Alle men wole holde thee for mtaarde, 
That debonair have founden thee. 
Rom. <tf the Rate, 1. 4034. 
We ne do but as tmuardet, and ne a-wayte nought elles 
but whan we shall be take as a bridde in a nette, for the 
SaUnea be but a iourne hens, that all the contre robbe and 
distroye. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 183. 
2. A foolish fellow. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Mus. B. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Music. 
Musca (nius'ka), n. [L., = Gr. pvia, a fly : see 
midge. Hence ult. mosquito.] 1. A genus of 
flies, or two-winged insects, founded by Lin- 
noeus in 1763. Formerly applied to Diptrra at large, 
and to sundry other insects, as many of the Itymenoptera ; 
now the type of the family Humane, and restricted to such 
species as the common house-fly, M. domestica. As at 
present restricted, Musca is characterized by having the 
antennal bristle thicklyfeathered on both sides, the fourth 
longitudinal vein of the wings bent at an angle toward 
the third, and middle tibia; without any strong bristles or 
spurs on the inner side. In this sense it is not a very large 
genus, having but 14 species in Europe and 5 in North 
America, two of the latter, M. damestica and X. corvina, 
being common to both continents. See cut under house- 
II. a- Of the color of inuacadel. 
Mont decoctions of astringent plants, of what color o- 
ever do leave in the liquor a deep and mutcadine red. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vL 12. 
muscae, . Plural of musca, 2. 
Muscaies (mus-ka'lez), . pi. [NL., pi. of 'mus- 
ntlix, of moss, < L. mugcvn, moss: see mo** 1 .] 
In hot., an alliance of acrogenu, divided into 
l/i 1'iiin-ii and .l/iwi : same as Muscinete. 
muscallonge, w. Same as maskalonm. 
muscardine 1 (mus'kar-diu), . [< F. muscar- 
dine, a fungus so called (cf. muncardin, a dor- 
mouse: see muHcardine'*), < It. mimcardino, a 
musk comfit, grape, pear, etc., var. of mosca- 
dino, F. mmcadin, a musk-lozenge: see i- 
cadine.] 1. A fungus, Botrytis liamana, the 
cause of a very destructive disease in silkworms. 
2. The disease produced in silkworms by the 
muscardine. 
muscardine 2 (mus'kar-din), . [< * . mttscaram, 
a donnouse, prob. f or'm uscadin , a musk-lozenge, 
with ref . to the animal's odor.] The dormouse, 
Aluvca rdinus avellti nu ri us. 
Muscardinus (mus-kar-di'uus), . [NL., < * . 
muscardin, a dormouse: see muxcardine"*.] A 
genus of dormice of the family Myoxidfe, with 
a cylindric bushy tail and thickened glandular 
cardiac portion of the stomach. The common 
dormouse of Europe, M. arellanarius, is the type. 
See cut under dormouse. 
Muscari (mus-ka'ri), n. [NL. (Philip Miller, 
1724), said to be so called "from their musky 
smell," < LL. muscun, musk : see musk. But the 
term, -art is appar. an immediate or ult. error 
for -arium. The word intended is appar. Jftw- 
rarium, so called in ref. to their globular heads, 
< L. musearium, a fly-brush, also an umbel, < 
musca, a fly.] A genus of ornamental plants 
of the order Liliateie and the tribe Scillea, char- 
acterized by its globose or urn-shaped flowers. 
About 40 species are known, natives of Europe, northern 
Africa, and western Asia. They bear a few narrow fleshy 
leaves from a coated bulb, and leafless scapes with a ra- 
ceme of nodding flowers, usually blue. They are closely 
akin to the true hyacinth. The species In general are 
called grape- or globe-hyacinth, especially M. Itolrymdet, a 
common little garden-8ower of early spring, with a dense 
raceme of dark-blue flowers, like a minute grape-cluster. 
It is now naturalized in the Vnited States. M. motchatum, 
from it* odor, is called mtwJr- (ffrape-)hyacinth. 
Muscaria (mus-ka'ri-a), . pi. [NL., < L. musca, 
a fly: see Musca.'} A tribe of brachycerous 
dipterous insects, containing those flies whose 
prob 
j*y< 
2. [I. f.] A fly or some similar insect. [In this 
sense there is a plural, musca; (-se).] 3. The 
Flv, a name given to the constellation also 
called Apis, the Bee. It is situated south of the 
Southern Cross, and east of the Chameleon, and contains 
one star of the third and three of the fourth magnitude. 
The mime was also formerly given to a constellation situ- 
ated north of Aries. Muscfe tripiles, an old name of 
the ichneumon-flies : so called from the three threads of 
the ovipositor. Muscae vlbrantes, an old name of the 
i> hneuinon-flies : so called because they continually wave 
their antennae. Muscffl volitantes, specks appearing 
to dance in the air before the eyes, supposed to be due to 
opaque points in the vitreous humor of the eye. 
muscadel (mus'ka-del), . [Also muscatel; 
early mod. E. mitsladeU; < OF. miixcadel, also 
in nxc/iili't, F. muscadet = Sp. Pg. moscatel = It. 
moscadello, moscatello, < ML. muscatellum, also, 
after Rom., muscadellunt, a wine so called, dim. 
of muscatum, the odor of musk (> It. moscato, 
musk, etc., > F. muscat, a grape, wine, pear 
so called) : see mtiscat. Cf. muscadine.] 1. A 
sweet wine: same as muscat, 2. 
He calls for wine, . . . quaff'd off the mtitcadel, 
And threw the sops all in the sexton's face. 
,<Woi., T. of the 8., iii. 2. 174. 
2. The grapes collectively which produce this 
wine. See Malaga grape, under Malaga. 
In Candia ther growe grett Vynes, and specially of mal- 
wesy and muslcadfR. 
Torkingtan, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 20. 
3. A kind of pear. 
muscadin (F. pron. miis-ka-dau'), n. [F.: see 
muxcadiiie.] A dandy: a fop. 
Ml IIMIIS IllntrULOf HJjiienuiiif^ inwuv 
jboscis is usually terminated bv a fleshy lobe, 
_ in the house-fly : now equivalent to Afusci- 
d<e in the widest sense. 
muscarian (mus-ka'ri-an), n. f< NL. Muscaria, 
q. v., + -an.] Any ordinary fly, as 8 member 
of the Muscaria. 
muscariform (mus-kar'i-form), a. [< L. mus- 
carium, a fly-brush (< musca, a fly), + forma, 
form.] Having the shape of a brush ; brush- 
shaped; in hot., furnished with long hairs to- 
ward one end of a slender body, as the style and 
stigma of many composites. 
muscarine (mus'ka-rin), n. [< NL. muscarius 
(see def.) + -iw 2 '.'] An extremely poisonous 
alkaloid (C 5 H 13 NO 2 ) obtained from the fly- 
fungns, Aijarieu* muscarius. It produces myosis, 
infrequent pulse with prolonged diastole, salivation, vom- 
iting, spasm of the muscles of the intestines, tumultuous 
peristalsis, great muscular weakness, dyspncea, and death. 
muscat (mus'kat), 11. [< F. muscat, a grape, 
wine, pear so called, < It. moscato, musk, wine, 
< ML. musculiim. the odor of musk, neut. of 
muacatus, musky, <LL.iM*ew,musk: see mufc. 
Hence muscatel, muscadel, muscadine.] 1. A 
grape having a strong odor or flavor as of musk. 
There are several varieties of grape, mostly white, which 
come within this category. 
2 . Wine made from muscat-grapes, or of similar 
character to that so made, usually strong and 
more or less sweet. Also called muscadel. 
He hath also sent each of us some anchovies, olives, and 
muscatt ; but I know not yet what that is, and am ashamed 
i,,:,.k. Peivt, Diary, I. 282. 
muscatel (mus'ka-tel), M. Same as must-mltl. 
Muscatel raisin." Sec rawin. 
muscatorium (mus-ka-to'n-um), n. [ML., a 
fly-brush, < L. MWM, fly.] Eccks., same as 
flabelluni, 1. 
