Section M, N, and O

Prev | Current Page 1442 | Next

"Section M, N, and O"

-
- Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to
be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
-- Music paper, paper ruled with the musical
staff, for the use of composers and copyists. -- Music
pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the
musical staff. -- Music shell
(Zoöl.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell
(Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because
the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to
other shells similarly marked. -- To face the
music, to meet any disagreeable necessity without
flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]

Mu"sic*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities
of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music;
melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a
musical voice; musical instruments; a musical
sentence; musical persons.

Musical, or Music,
box, a box or case containing apparatus moved
by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically.

Pages:
1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454

Pages from a Journal with Other Papers (page 238) Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 (page 225) To The River -- (page 1)

Good Books

"Section M, N, and O"