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Definition of musk
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Musk (n.) A
substance
of a
reddish
brown
color,
and when fresh of the
consistence
of
honey,
obtained
from a bag being
behind
the navel of the male musk deer. It has a
slightly
bitter
taste,
but is
specially
remarkable
for its
powerful
and
enduring
odor. It is used in
medicine
as a
stimulant
antispasmodic.
The term is also
applied
to
secretions
of
various
other
animals,
having
a
similar
odor..
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Breech Screw
::
Breech
screw () A
strong
iron or steel plug
screwed
into the
breech
of a
musket
or other
firearm,
to close the
bottom
of the
bore..
Musket
::
Musket
(n.) The male of the
sparrow
hawk.
Muskellunge
::
Muskellunge
(n.) A large
American
pike (Esox
nobilitor)
found in the Great
Lakes,
and other
Northern
lakes,
and in the St.
Lawrence
River.
It is
valued
as a food
fish..
Tang
::
Tang (n.) The
projecting
part of the
breech
of a
musket
barrel,
by which the
barrel
is
secured
to the
stock..
Musket
::
Musket
(n.) A
species
of
firearm
formerly
carried
by the
infantry
of an army. It was
originally
fired by means of a
match,
or
matchlock,
for which
several
mechanical
appliances
(including
the
flintlock,
and
finally
the
percussion
lock) were
successively
substituted.
This arm has been
generally
superseded
by the
rifle..
Gun
::
Gun (n.) A
weapon
which
throws
or
propels
a
missile
to a
distance;
any
firearm
or
instrument
for
throwing
projectiles
by the
explosion
of
gunpowder,
consisting
of a tube or
barrel
closed
at one end, in which the
projectile
is
placed,
with an
explosive
charge
behind,
which is
ignited
by
various
means.
Muskets,
rifles,
carbines,
and
fowling
pieces
are
smaller
guns, for hand use, and are
called
small arms.
Larger
guns are
called
cannon,
ordnance,
fieldpieces,
carronades,
howitzers,
etc. See these t
Muskiness
::
Muskiness
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
musky;
the scent of musk.
Musketeer
::
Musketeer
(n.) A
soldier
armed with a
musket.
Banquette
::
Banquette
(n.) A
raised
way or foot bank,
running
along the
inside
of a
parapet,
on which
musketeers
stand to fire upon the
enemy..
Port
::
Port (v. t.) To
throw,
as a
musket,
diagonally
across
the body, with the lock in
front,
the right hand
grasping
the small of the
stock,
and the
barrel
sloping
upward
and
crossing
the point of the left
shoulder;
as, to port
arms..
Matchlock
::
Matchlock
(n.) An old form of
gunlock
containing
a match for
firing
the
priming;
hence,
a
musket
fired by means of a
match..
Moschatel
::
Moschatel
(n.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A.
moschatellina),
the
flowers
of which are pale
green,
and have a faint musky
smell.
It is found in woods in all parts of
Europe,
and is
called
also
hollow
root and musk
crowfoot..
Civet
::
Civet (n.) A
substance,
of the
consistence
of
butter
or
honey,
taken from
glands
in the anal pouch of the civet
(Viverra
civetta).
It is of clear
yellowish
or
brownish
color,
of a
strong,
musky odor,
offensive
when
undiluted,
but
agreeable
when a small
portion
is mixed with
another
substance.
It is used as a
perfume..
Sumless
::
Sumbul
(n.) The musky root of an
Asiatic
umbelliferous
plant,
Ferula
Sumbul.
It is used in
medicine
as a
stimulant..
Piece
::
Piece (n.) A
musket,
gun, or
cannon;
as, a
battery
of six
pieces;
a
following
piece..
Bastard
::
Bastard
(n.) Of an
unusual
make or
proportion;
as, a
bastard
musket;
a
bastard
culverin..
Muscovy Duck
::
Muscovy
duck () A duck
(Cairina
moschata),
larger
than the
common
duck, often
raised
in
poultry
yards.
Called
also musk duck. It is
native
of
tropical
America,
from
Mexico
to
Southern
Brazil..
Stock
::
Stock (n.) The wood to which the
barrel,
lock, etc., of a
musket
or like
firearm
are
secured;
also, a long,
rectangular
piece of wood, which is an
important
part of
several
forms of gun
carriage..
Rifle
::
Rifle (n.) A gun, the
inside
of whose
barrel
is
grooved
with
spiral
channels,
thus
giving
the ball a
rotary
motion
and
insuring
greater
accuracy
of fire. As a
military
firearm
it has
superseded
the
musket..
Musk
::
Musk (n.) The musk deer. See Musk deer
(below).
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