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2. (Zoöl.) The musk
shrew.

3. (Zoöl.) The desman.

Musk"wood` (?), n. [So called from its
fragrance.] (Bot.) (a) The wood of a West
Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum
Swartzii). (b) The wood of an
Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).

Musk"y (?), a. Having an odor of
musk, or somewhat the like. Milton.

Mus"lim (?), n. See
Moslem.

Mus"lin (?), n. [F. mousseline;
cf. It. mussolino, mussolo, Sp. muselina; all
from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar. Mausil, Syr.
Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
manufactured. Cf. Mull a kind of cloth.] A thin cotton,
white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and
heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting
muslins.

Muslin cambric.


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