Vocabulary : Musket to Muskwood

Musket : The male of the sparrow hawk. ;; 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 This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
Musketeer : A soldier armed with a musket.
Musketo : See Mosquito.
Musketoon : A short musket. ;; One who is armed with such a musket.
Musketry : Muskets, collectively. ;; The fire of muskets.

Muskiness : The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
Muskmelon : The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.
Muskogees : A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy.
Muskrat : A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra. ;; The musk shrew. ;; The desman.
Muskwood : The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii). ;; The wood of an Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).

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