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Mush"y (?), a. Soft like mush;
figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly
sentimental.

She 's not mushy, but her heart is
tender.

Mu"sic (?), n. [F. musique, fr.
L. musica, Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), any art over which the Muses
presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr.
&?; belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. &?; Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical
sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of
uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees
of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the
principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations
of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to
please the ear.

&fist; Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be
unmusical and yet please the ear. Music deals with
tones, and with no other sounds.


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