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The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.

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.

orida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. [Written also Muscogees.]

ncealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.

The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).

Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like. Milton.

See Moslem.

. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. -- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.

See Mouflon.

See Musicomania.

See Muskrat. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.

The American black bear. See Bear.

See Musket.

See Mosquito.

The nose band of a horse's bridle.

A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]

bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidæ. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.…

A speaking in a low tone; mumbling. [Obs.]

A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.