musive 
Assuming tin 1 emu's [of the retina] to he arranged some- 
what In the form of hexagonal cells In u iMXMJOomb] tliis 
lii headed or ziK/ag outline seen between two very clow 
parallel linen on u white' ground) hiia heen explained by 
Riipposing that the n-t iii:il in wife of sueh a line IB no small 
that, us It falls across this muriw surface, one minute sec- 
tion of it would excite only one cone, while the sections 
immediately aliovc and below would cover halves of two 
;id(;u'cnt cones, and, eicltlnf lioth to activity, would appear 
twice as large. ''. X Hall, German Culture, p. 2711. 
mUSJld, u. Same as mu.ijiil. 
musk (musk), H, [< ME. musk, < OF. must; F. 
iiiii.ii' I'r. iiiii.if = Sp. iimsro (olis., the usual 
term being almisele = PC. alntisclt; iiluii.ti-in; 
IVniii the Ar., witli Ar. art.) = It. ixm. miixi'hin 
= D. niHukus = ( ! . mii.irli n.i Ssv. in iinkus = Dan. 
IIIK.1/,-11.1, HI I l.i/: 111, < \Ai. IIII/.K'II.I, ML. also W/W/niX. 
< Gr. [i6axoc,, < Ar. iinuli/:. mn.il:, tni.ik = Turk. 
mi.ik, < I J ers. niii.i/:. ii/i.il: = Iliinl. iiin.ili/:, musk, 
< Skt. uiii.ilil:ii. testicle. prob. < \/ ninnli, steal, 
whence also nil. mini.ii'. Hence nit. iiiiwnt, nni.i- 
'l, muscadel, muscadine, etc., and the second 
element of nutmeg.] 1. An odoriferous sub- 
stance secreted by the male musk-deer, MO.IC/I MX 
111111,'liil'rrn.i. Sec muxk-drrr. The secretion is a 
viscid fluid, which dries as a brown pulveruline substance, 
of a slightly bitter taste and extremely powerful, penetrat- 
ing, and persistent odor. It is the strongest and most 
lasting of perfumes, and is also used in medicine as a dif- 
fusible stimulant and antispasmodfc. The commercial 
article is Imported from Asia in the natural pods or bags, 
frequently mixed with blood, fat, and hairs, and adulter- 
ated with foreign substances. Various other animals se- 
crete a substance like musk, and several are named from 
this fact. See compounds following. 
Which the Hunters (at that time chasing the said beast) 
doe cut off, and drie against the Sunne, and it proueth the 
best Muske In the world. Purchat, 1'ilgriniage, p. 428. 
That oll'd and curl'd Assyrian Bull 
Smelling of mutk and of insolence. 
Tennyson, Maud, vl. 6. 
2. A kind of artificial musk made by the action 
of nitric acid upon oil of amber. 3. The smell 
of musk, or a smell resembling it ; an aromatic 
smell; a perfume. 
The woodbine spices are wafted abroad, 
And the musk of the rose is blown. 
Tennyson, Maud, xxii. 1. 
4. Same as musk-plant, in both senses. 
musk (muxk), r. t. [< musk, .] To perfume 
with musk. 
muskallonge (mus'ka-lonj), . See tiutiilra- 
longe, 
muskatt, An obsolete form of muscat. 
musk-bag (musk'bag), . 1. A small bag con- 
taining musk and other perfumes, sometimes 
used as a sachet. Closet of Rarities (1706). 
(Hares.) 2. The pod, pouch, or cyst of the 
musk-deer which contains the musk. 
musk-ball (musk'bal), . A ball of some sub- 
stance impregnated with musk and other per- 
fumes, kept among garments after the man- 
ner of a sachet to perfume them. 
Curious imak-batts, to carry about one, or to lay in any 
place. Accomplish'd Female Inttructor (1719). (Naret.) 
musk-beaver (musk'be'ver), . The muskrat, 
Fiber sibethicus. 
musk-beetle (musk'be'tl), . A cerambycid 
beetle, Callirhroma moschata. See cut under 
l'i rnmbyx. 
musk-cake (musk'kak), n. Musk, rose-leaves, 
and other ingredients made intoacake. Climri 
of Rarities (1706). (Nares.) 
musk-cat (mnsk'kat), . A civet-cat; figura- 
tively, a scented, effeminate person ; a fop. 
Here is a purr of fortune's, sir, or of fortune's cat but 
not a must-cat. Shale., All's Well, v. 2. 20. 
Away, uui>ea(/ B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
musk-cattle (musk'kat'l), n. pi. Musk < 
musk-cavy (mnsk'ka'vi), . A West Indian ro- 
dent of the family Octodontidar, subfamily Eehi- 
Musk-cavy (Cafromys filorieles). 
iioiiii/iinr, and genus Capromys: so called from 
its mnskv odor. There are 2 species In Cuba, C. pi- 
31109 
iin.l '' ];vl,ennltt, known a* the kutia-nivju nnd 
huKa-oarabati. They are of large sire and arboreal habits, 
and somewhat resemble rats. 
musk-codt (musk'kod). n. Amusk-bag; hence, 
figuratively, a scented foj>. 
It's a sweet musk-cod, a pure spic'd gull. 
Deklter, Satiromastlx. 
musk-deer (musk'der), . 1. A small rumi- 
nant, Moschit* Di'ni'liifi i -UK, of the family Cervi- 
dte and subfamily Mimchinie, the male of which 
yields the scent called musk. These little deer In- 
habit the elevated plateaus and mountain-ranges of cen- 
tral Asia, especially the Altaic chain. The male is about 
3 feet long and 20 inches high, hornless, with long canine 
teeth and coarse pelage of a dirty brown color, whitish un- 
derneath. The doe is smaller, and has no musk. The gland 
or bag of the male which contains the perfume U of about 
the size of a hen's egg, of an oval form flattened on one 
side. It is an accessory sexual organ. 
2. In an improper use, a tragulid, cheyrotain, 
or kanchil, small ruminants of the family Tra- 
!lii/id(K. They superficially resemble musk-deer, but be- 
long to a different family. The males are horned, and have 
no musk. Musk-deer plant. SeeLimonia. 
musk-duck (musk'duk), n. 1. A duck, Cairina 
iiin.icliata, of the family Anatidce and subfamily 
Anatinai, commonly but erroneously known as 
the mnscovy and Barbary duck, it ls native of 
tropical America, now domesticated everywhere. It Is 
larger than the mallard, and the upper parts are of a 
glossy greenish-black color. 
2. A duck of the genus Biziura, as B. lobata of 
Australia : so called from the musky odor of 
the male. 
muskelt, . An obsolete form of muscle'* for 
muskelyt, a. [< muskel + -y 1 .} Muscular. 
Muskely, or of muscles, hard and stiffe with many 
muscles or brawnes. 
Witlml*, Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 404. (Xara.) 
musket 1 ! (mus'ket), H. [Also musquet; < ME. 
musket, muskytte, < OF. mousket, mosquet, mos- 
chet, mouschet, mouchet, etc. (F. moucnet, emou- 
chet (ML. muscctug, nmschetus) =: It. moschetto, 
also with diff. suffix, moscardo), a kind of hawk, 
so called with ref. to spots on its breast, or 
more prob. from its small size, being compared 
to a fly, dim. < L. musca. a fly (> OF. mousche, 
F. mouche, a spot, a fly: see mouehe). Cf. mos- 
quito."] In falconry, an inferior kind of hawk; 
a sparrow-hawk. See eyas-musket. 
One they might trust their common wrongs to wreak ; 
The Musquet and the Coystrel were too weak. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 1119. 
musket 2 (mus'ket), n. [Formerly also musquet; 
= D. musket = G. muskete = Sw. muskot = Dan. 
musket, < OF. mousquete, mousquet (F. mousquet), 
m., mouschete, moschete, f., = Sp. Pg. mosquetc 
(ML. muschetta, muscheta). < It. moschetto, a 
musket (gun), so called (like other names of 
firearms, e. g. falcon, falconet, saker) from a 
hawk, < moschet to, a kind of hawk : seei*tefi.] 
A hand-gun for soldiers, introduced in Euro- 
pean armies in the sixteenth century: it suc- 
ceeded the harquebus, and became in time the 
common arm of the infantry, it was at first very 
heavy, and was provided with a rest. The earliest mus- 
kets were matchlocks, which were superseded by the 
wheel-lock, the snaphance, the flint-lock, and the jpercus- 
slon-guns. The musket was made lighter, while still gain- 
ing in efficiency and accuracy. The rifle-musket was in- 
troduced in the middle of the nineteenth century. See 
ri/fe, and cuts under matchlock and trim 1 . 
And is it I 
That drive thee from the sportive court, where thou 
Wast shot at with fair eyes, to be the mark 
Of smoky muskets? Shot., All's Well, 111. 2. 111. 
Bastard musket, a hand-gun used in the sixteenth cen- 
tury. See caliver. 
musket-arrowt (mus'ket-ar'o), n. A short ar- 
row thrown from a firearm. These arrows seem 
to have been generally feathered, but examples remain 
of arrows three or four inches long with barbed heads 
and a disk-shaped butt, which appear to have been in- 
tended for this use. 
Mutquet arrow* 892 shefe 13 arrowes and one case full for 
a demi-culvering. . . . Mumiet arrow* with 22 shefe to 
be new feathered. Rep. Royal Commission, 1595. 
musketeer (mus-ke-ter'), n. [Formerly also 
musketteer, nnixketier, musqueteer; = D. G. mus- 
l:i tii-r = Sw. musketor = Dan. musketeer, < F. 
mousquetaire (= Sp. mosquetero = Pg. w(x<///' - 
teiro = It. mii.icliettiere), a soldier armed with 
a musket, < mousquete, a musket :: seemMfoA] 
1. A soldier armed with a musket. 
Kalegh, leaving his gaily, took eight mutkttim in his 
barge. Oldys, Sir Walter Raleigh. 
2. A musket; a musket-look. 
Did they . . . into pikes and mutqtieteers 
Stamp beakers, cups, and porringers ? 
S. Butler, lludibras, I. U. 582. 
musket-lock (mus'ket-lok), H. 1. The lock of 
a musket. 2. A musket. [Rare.] 
musk-ox 
We must live like our I'uritan fathers, who always went 
to church, and sat down to din HIT, when the Indians were 
in their nelghliorhood, with their muMket-lack on the one 
side, and a drawn sword on tin ntln r 
W. I'hillij*, Speeches, p. W. 
musketot, ^'' c ' nin.ii/iiiio. 
musketoon (mus-ke-ton'), . [Formerly also 
iliii.il/intiiiiii; < I-'. H/UILII/III tun, < It. nn i.ii'/i' II-HII, 
< moschetto, a musket : see mugkeft.] 1 . A light 
' and short hand-gun: in the seventeenth and 
eighteenth centuries a usual weapon of cavalry. 
One of them ventnr'd upon him (as he [John Lisle] was 
going to Church accompanied with the chief Magistracy) 
and shot him with a Mtuqueloon dead In the place. 
Wood, Athena! Oxon., II. 388. 
2. A soldier armed with a musketoon : gener- 
ally used in the plural. 
A double guard of archers and munkalixna. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels In Africa. 
musket-proof (mus'ket-prOf), a. Capable of 
resisting the force of a musket-ball. 
musket-rest (mus'ket-rest), n. A fork used as 
a prop to support the heavy musket in use in 
the sixteenth century. Also called croc. 
He will never come within the slgne of It, the sight of a 
cassock, or a muxket-rtat againe. 
B. Jonton, Every Man in his Humour, 11. 3. 
musketry (mus'ket-ri), n. [< F. nwusqueterie 
(= Sp. mosqueteria = It. moschetteria), < mous- 
quet, musket: see musket*.] 1. The art or 
science of firing small-arms: as, an instructor 
of musketry. 2. Muskets collectively. 
The cannon began to fire on one side, and the ntutquetry 
on both, and the bridge of Hothwell, with the banks ad. 
jacent, were Involved in wreaths of smoke. 
Scott, Old Mortality, ixxi. 
3. A body of troops armed with muskets, 
musket-shot (mus'ket -shot), n. 1. The dis- 
charge of a musket; a bullet from a musket: 
as, he was killed by a m.ef-0A0<. 2. The range 
or reach of a musket. 3t. A musket-ball. 
With more than iinuktt-nhot did he charge his quill 
when he meant to inveigh. Wash, Unfortunate Traveller. 
musk-flower (musk'flou'er), n. Same as musk- 
plant, 1. 
musk-gland (musk'gland), n. The glandular 
organ of the male musk-deer which secretes 
musk. It is an accessory sexual organ, corre- 
sponding to the preputial follicles of many 
mammals. 
musk-hyacinth (musk'hi'a-sinth), . One of 
the grape-hyacinths, Muscarl moschatum, with 
musky scent. 
musklness (mus'ki-nes), n. The quality or 
state of being musky; the scent of musk. 
Bailey, 1727. 
muskit-grass (mus'kit-gras), . Same as ntes- 
quite-grass. 
muskle't, n. An obsolete form of muscle 1 . 
muskle 2 t, An obsolete form of mussel. 
muskmallow (musk'mal"6), n. 1. A common 
plant, Jfij/ra moschata. See mallow. 2. Aplant 
of the old genus Abelmoschus, the abelmosk. 
rauskmelon (musk'mel"on), n. [Formerly, and 
still dial., muskmillion; < musk + me/on.] A 
well-known plant, Cucumis Melo, and its fruit. 
The seeds have diuretic properties, and were formerly 
used in catarrhal affections. See Curumttr, meloni, 1, and 
abdalavi. 
So, being landed, we went up and downe, and could finde 
nothing but stones, heath, and mosse, and wee expected 
oranges, llmonds, flgges, mutke-millions, and potatoes. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). (Sara.) 
musk-mole (musk'mol), . An insectivorous 
quadruped, Scaptochirus moschatus, of the mole 
family, Talpid/e. It resembles the common 
mole, and is found in Mongolia. Also called 
musky-mole. 
musk-okra (musk'o'kra), n. See okru. 
musk-orchis (musk'dr'kis), . A plant, Her- 
minium Monorchis. 
musk-OZ (musk'oks), . A ruminant mammal, 
Ovibos moschatus, of the family Bovidai and sub- 
family Oribovinfs, intermediate between an ox 
and a sheep in size and many other respects. 
There are horns in both sexes, those of the male being very 
broad at the base and meeting in the middle of the fore- 
Musk-ox (Otn'tfJ 
