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Museum beetle, Museum pest.
(Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.

Mush (?), n. [Cf. Gael. mus,
muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG.
muos; akin to AS. & OS. mōs food, and prob, to E.
meat. See Meat.] Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in
water; hasty pudding; supawn. [U.S.]

Mush, v. t. [Cf. F. moucheter to
cut with small cuts.] To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a
stamp.

Mush"room (?), n. [OE.
muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F. mousseron; perhaps
fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See Moss.]
1. (Bot.) (a) An edible
fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears
a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus.
This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the
under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but
gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is
proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration.


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