iiecker. 
662. 
mustachial 
Also i>i>/xtcil. KHCIJC. Brit., XXIV. mustard-leaf (mus'tard-lef), . 
tard-paper. 
mustachio(mus-tash'i6),)i. Same as mustache, mustard-paper (mus'tard-pa"per), 
4._v:j /,= +<,i,';;w)i /. r( nuatarhin coated with mustard in a solution of gtitta- 
[< mustachio 
mustachioed (mus-tash'iod), a 
+ -erf 2 .] Same as mustached. 
mustang (mus'tang), . [Origiu obscure.] 
1. 
a form of sinapism used for counter- 
irritation. 
muster 
Same as IHHX- Mustelinffi 1 (mus-te-li'ne), w. pi. [NL., < Mu*- 
tela + -ilia:} The leading subfamily of Mnstr- 
liil', typified by the genus Mustela. The teeth arc 
88 or 34, according to the number of premolars, and of un- 
equal numbers in the two jaws. The upper molar is sin- 
or with the longest axis transverse. The back upper pre- 
Paper 
of small horses used in the western United States and 
Territories are mustangs or their descendants. See bronco 
and cayuse. 
2. An officer of the United States navy who 
ThewilVhorse of "the pampas' and prairies of mustard-plaster (mus'tard- P las''ter), . Same ^"^tffi^^gESS^ 
America. It is descended from stock of Spanish im- as miistai ct-poulttce. 
portation, and has reverted to the feral state. The mus- mustard-pot (mus'tard-pot), u. A covered ves- 
tangs live in troops, are very hardy, and are often caught se j f or holding mustard prepared for the table. 
and broken for use. Mian ponies _and the Carious kmas ^ coyer haying an opening f or the hand l e of 
a mustard-spoon. 
mustard-poultice (mus'tard-p61"tis), n. Apoul- 
. . tice or plaster made of equal parts of ground 
entered the regular service from the merchant m ustard and linseed-ineal (or flour). It is a 
service after serving through the civil war, in- powerful rubef acient and counter-irritant. Also 
stead of graduating from the Naval Academy, called mustard-plaster and sinapism 
[Slang.] -Mustang grape. See cutthroat, 1. _ mustard-seed (mus'tiird-sed), n. 
mustanger (mus'tang-er), n. One whose busi- o f mustard, 
ness is to lasso or catch mustangs. [Western 
U. S.] 
The business of entrapping them [mustangs] has given - f . . . 
rise to a class of men called mustanqers, ... the legiti- 3 A very fine kind of shot used by onutholo- mon spineless dogfishes of Europe and North 
gists and taxidermists for shooting birds with America and some other related small sharks, 
least injury to the plumage ; dust-shot. The musteline 1 (mus'te-lin), a. and n. [= It. vnis- 
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of multard 
teed, . . . which indeed is the least of all seeds. 
Mat. xiii. 31. 
sectorial, followed tiy a tubercular molar. The postorbital 
process is moderately developed ; the anteorbital foramen 
is small. The bony palate is produced far back of the 
molars, the posterior nares are thrown into one, and the 
auditory bulla) are much inflated. The feet have bent 
phalanges and retractile claws ; the digits are slightly or 
not at all webbed ; and progression is digitigrade or sub- 
plantigrade. The external appearance and the economy 
of the species are very variable, for they range from the 
smallest and most slender of weasels to the great, stout, 
shaggy wolverene. There are 4 leading genera: Oulo, 
Galiftis, Mugtela, and Putorius, or the wolverenes, grisons, 
martens, and weasels. See cuts under wolverene, Galictis, 
1. The seed golem, and marten. 
Mustelinae 2 (mus-te-li'ne), n. i>l. [NL., < Mus- 
telus + -ino;.] A subfamily of sharks of the 
family GaJeorhinido! or Carchariidce, corre- 
sponding to Mustelidce 2 . It contains the corn- 
mate border-ruffians of Texas. Olmsted, Texas, viii. 
mustard (mus'tard), n. [Early mod. E. also mus- 
terd; < ME. mti'starde, mostard = D. mostaard, 
mostart, mosterd = MLG. mostart, mttstert = 
MHG. musthart, mos- 
tert (Or. mostrich), < 
OF. moustarde, F. 
moutarde (= Pg. It. 
mostarda; cf. Sp.wios- 
taza), mustard, orig. 
pounded mustard- 
seed mixed with must 
or vinegar, < OF. 
moust, (. L. mustum, 
must: see )wsi 2 .] 1. 
A plant of the genus 
Brassica, formerly 
classed as Sinapis. 
The ordinary species are 
B. nigra, the black mus- 
tard; B. alba, the white 
mustard ; and B. Sinapis- 
trum, the wild mustard or 
charlock. The black and 
white mustards are largely 
cultivated in Europe and 
America for their seed (see 
def. 2). B. juncea, the In- 
dian mustard, is used for 
the same purposes. The 
seed of the charlock is inf e- 
rior.butyieldsagood burn- 
ing-oil. All the species 
mentioned yield oils fit for lamps or for use as food, and, 
in Asia especially, the Indian and various other sorts are 
raised in large quantities for the sake of this product. The 
leaves of various mustards form excellent antiscorbutic sal- 
ads. (See Brassica and charlock.) The " tree " which grew 
from "a grain of mustard seed," mentioned in Luke xiii. 
19, was probably the true mustard, Brassica nigra, which 
attains in Palestine a height of 10 or even 15 feet ; accord- 
ing to Royle and others, the tree meant is Saloadora Per- 
sica, a small tree bearing minute berries with pungent 
seeds, which bear the same name in Arabic as mustard. 
2. The seed of mustard crushed and sifted (and 
often adulterated), used in the form of a paste 
as a condiment, or, in the form of a poultice 
(sinapism), plaster, or prepared paper (mus- 
tard-paper), as a rubefaeient. 
Now mustard and brawn, roast beef and plumb pies, 
Were set upon every table. 
tellino, < L. mustelinus, mustellinus, belonging to 
a weasel, < mustela, a weasel: see Mustela.} I. 
a. 1. Resembling a marten or weasel; of or 
pertaining to the Mustelince, or, in a broader 
sense, to the Mustelidce or weasel family. 2. 
Specifically, tawny, like a weasel in summer ; 
fawn-colored. 
II. n. A musteline mammal; a member of 
the Mustelince. 
name includes No. 10 shot and finer numbers. 
A small bird, that would have been torn to pieces by a 
few large pellets, may be riddled with mustard-seed and 
yet be preservable. Cows, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 4. 
mustard-shrub (mus'tard-shrub), n. A West 
Indian shrub, Capparis ferruginea, bearing pun- 
gent berries. 
mustard-spoon (mus'tard-spo'n), n. A spoon 
for serving mustard, usually of small size, and 
with a round, deep bowl set at right angles to musteline 2 (mus'te-lin), a. and n. [< Mustelus 
the handle. + -me 1 .] I. a. Dogfish-like; of or pertaining 
mustard-token (mus'tard-t6"kn), n. Some- to the Mustelince. 
thing very minute, like a mustard-seed. H. n. A musteline fish. 
I will rather part from the fat of them [the calves of his Mustelini (mus-te-ll'ni), n. pi. [NL., < Muste- 
legs] than from a mustard-token's worth of argent. / Ms + -//.] In icnth., in Bonaparte's system of 
Massinger, Virgin-Martyr, ii. 2. c i ass j ncat i O ii (1837), same as Mustelmoft. 
mustardvillarst, mustredevilliarst, . [Also nmsteloid (mus'tf-loid), a. and . I. a. Of or 
(ME.) mystyrddevylters; perhaps so called from relating to the Mustelidce; weasel-like. 
Moustierriller, a town in France.] A kind of JI. n . A mammal of the family Mustelidce. 
mustela, 
nus 
shes. 
i, part of the inflorescence of 
mustard (Brassica ni'jfra). a, a 
leaf, c., flower cut longitudinally, 
the petals removed, b, a pod. 
of mustyrddevytters. Paston Letters, III. 214. 
mustee (mus-te'), n. Same as mestee. 
Mustela (mus-te'la), n. [NL., < L. mustela, 
also mustella, a weasel, also a fish so called, < 
mus, a mouse, = Gr. fivf, mouse: see mouse.'} 
The typical genus of Mustelidce, formerly nearly 
coextensive with the family,but now restricted; 
the martens and sables. The species are of medium 
and rather large size, with moderately stout form ; sharp 
curved claws ; tail longer than the head, bushy, terete, or 
tapering ; soles furry with naked pads ; pelage full and soft 
but not shaggy, and not whitening in winter ; progression 
digitigrade; and habits arboreal and terrestrial, not fos- 
sorial or aquatic. There are 38 teeth, or 4 more than in 
Putorius, and the lower sectorial tooth usually has an ad- 
ditional cusp. The leading species are the marten or pine- 
marten, M. martesoT abietum; the beech-, stone-, or white- 
breasted marten, M.faina; the Russian sable, M. abellina; 
the American sable, M. americana; and the fisher, pekan, 
or Pennant's marten, M. pennanti. See cuts under marten 
and fisher, 2. 
Musteli (mus-te'li), n. pi. [NL. , pi. of Muste- 
lus.'} In ichth., same as Mustelidce^. Miillerand 
Henle, 1841. 
Robin Hoods Birth (Child's Ballads, V. 346). MustelidSB 1 (mus-tel'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < MtlS- 
3. One of numerous mustard-like plants, almost 
all cruciferous : used with a qualifying word. 
See names below. Buckler-mustard, (a) A plant 
of the cruciferous genus Biscutella, whose seed-vessels as- 
sume a buckler-like form in bursting. (6) Clypeola Jon- 
thlaspi. Durham mustard, the ordinary flour of mustard 
prepared by a process, first employed at Durham, Eng- 
land, of crushing between rollers, pounding, and sifting. 
Frenqll mustard, mustard prepared for table use by 
the addition of salt, sugar, vinegar, etc. It is milder 
than the ordinary preparation. Garlic-mustard, an 
Old World crucifer, Sisumbrium Alliaria, having when 
bruised the scent of garlic. Mithridate mustardt. (a) 
Properly, the mithridate pepperwort, Lepidium campes- 
tela + -idee.'] A family of arctoid fissiped car- 
nivorous quadrupeds of the order Force, subor- 
der Fissipedia, and series Arctoidea, typified by 
the genus Mustela, having only one true molar 
in the upper jaw, and one or two in the lower 
jaw, with the last upper premolar normally sec- 
torial. The family is represented in most parts of the 
globe, except the Australian region, and reaches its high- 
est development in the northern hemisphere. There are 
about 20 genera, representing 8 subfamilies : Mustelinae, 
martens, weasels, etc.; MeUivorinae, ratels; Melince, bad- 
gers; Helictidintz ; Zorillince, African skunks; Mephitinae, 
American skunks ; Lutrince, otters ; and Enhydrince, sea- 
otters. See cuts under marten, badger, Helictit, skunk, En- 
(re." (b) Sometimes, erroneously, the pennycress, Thlaspi 
arvense. Britten and Holland, Eng. Plant-Names. Oil hydris, and otter. 
of mustard, allylthiocarbionide, CS.N.C 3 H5, a volatile, Mustelidae 2 (mus-tel'i-de). . />/. 
pungent^ and irritating oil formed in mustard by fer- 
mentation when it is wet. See myronate. Tansy-mus- 
tard, the American plant Sisymbrium camscens. Tower- 
mustard, Arabis per.foliata ; also, A. Turrita.-Trea.Cle- 
mustard, a plant of the genus Erysimum, especially E. 
chfiranthmdes. Wild mustard, the charlock, Brassica 
Sinaptetrum. Wormseed-mustard, Erysimum cheiran- 
thoidei. (See also hedge-mustard.) 
tehis + -idee.} A family of sharks, typified by the 
genus Mustelus, having a nictitating membrane, 
and the small teeth frequently so set as to form 
a kind of pavement. The group is now commonly 
regarded as a subfamily of Oaleorhinidm or Carchariiilce. 
See cuts under Gateorhinus and Carcharinus. 
mustard. 
Gray. 
All the little stock-in-trade of the local sea-coal dealer, - - ' - 
pepperer, vnfstarder, spicer, butcher, , . . are included 
[in the Schedules of Assessment for Taxes on Movables]. *"f + -rcM A group i 
S. Dowell, Taxes in England, I. 80. as Mustelince 2 . Giin flier. 
ncm'de'd Mustelina 2 (mus-te-li'na), n. pi. [NL., < ; 
hii teluu -T- -iiifi' 2 .~\ A group of Carcliariida' : s 
Mus- 
same 
Cuvier, 1817. 
muster (mus'ter), . [Early mod. E. also mons- 
ter; < ME. musteren, mustren, moustren = MD. 
monstern, D. monsteren = MLG. munsteren = G. 
mustern = Sw. ntonstra = Dan. monstre, < OF. 
mostrer, mustrer, monstrer,-~F. montrer = Sp. Pg. 
mostrar = It. mostrare, < L. monstrare, show, < 
monere, admonish: see monstration, monster. 
Cf. muster, .] I. trans. 1+. To show; point; 
exhibit. 
He mustered his miracles amonge many men, 
And to the pepull he preched. York Plays, p. 481. 
So dide Galashin that often was he shewed, and mustred 
with the fynger on bothe sides. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ iii. 407. 
2. To bring together into a group or body for 
inspection, especially with a view to employ- 
ing in or discharging from military service ; in 
general, to collect, assemble, or array. Com- 
pare muster, n., 3. 
The! moustred and assembled all the peple that thei 
myght gete. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 560. 
Gentlemen, will yon go muster men? 
SAat.,ich. II., ii. 2. 108. 
Wherewith Indignation and Griefe mustering greater 
multitudes of fearefull, vnquiet, enraged thoughts in his 
heart. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 359. 
All the gay feathers he could muster. 
Sir K. L' Estrange. 
To muster In, to muster Into service, to bring before 
the enrolling officers and register the names of ; receive as 
recruits. To muster out, to muster out of service, to 
bring together, as soldiers, that they may be discharged ; 
discharge from military service. To muster the watch, 
to call the roll of the men in a watch. To muster up, 
to gather ; collect ; summon up : now generally in a fig- 
urative sense : as, to muster up courage. 
To muster up our Rhimes, without our Reason, 
And forage for an Audience out of Season. 
Congreve, Pyrrhus, Prol. 
One of those who can muster itp sufficient sprightliness 
to engage in a game of forfeits. IJazlitt. 
= Syn. 2. To call together, get together, gather, convene, 
congregate. 
II. intrans. It. To show; appear. 
Vndir an olde pore abyte [habit] regneth ofte 
Grete vurtew, thogh it mostre poorely. 
Book i'f Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 105. 
2. To assemble; meet in one place, as soldiers ; 
in general, to collect. 
And so they went and wo.-rfra/ before the Castil of Arde, 
the whiche was well fnmysshed with Englysshemen. 
Berners, tr. of Froissart's Chron.. I. ccliv. 
