musaceous (muzashius)

[ Sp. Pg. moscatel = It. opaque points in the vitreous humor of the eye. muscadel (mus'ka-del), n. [Also muscatel; early mod. E. musk a dell; It. moscato, musk, etc., > F. muscat, a grape, wine, pear so called): see muscat. Cf. muscadine.] 1. A sweet wine: same as muscat, 2. It mos He calls for wine,.. quaff'd off the muscadel , And threw the sops all in the sexton's face. Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 174. 2. The grapes collectively which produce this wine. See Malaga grape, under Malaga. In Candia ther growe grett Vynes, and specially of malwesy and musk a dell . Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 20. 3. A kind of pear. muscatorium Your muscadins of Paris and your dandies of London. Disraeli, Coningsby, iv. 15. muscadine (mus'ka-din), n. and a. [Formerly also muskadine, He. is at this instant breakfasting on new-laid eggs and muscadine. Scott, Kenilworth, i. II. a . Of the color of muscadel. Most decoctions of astringent plants, of what color soever, do leave in the liquor a deep and muscadine red. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 12. IMG:content-1114.jpg:[graphic] muscæ, n. Plural of musca , 2. Muscales (mus-kā'lēz), n . pl . [NL., pl. of * mus cal is , of mo , muscus , mo : see mo 1 .] In bot ., an alliance of acrogens, divided into Hepatica and Musci : same as Muscinea . muscallonge, n. Same as maskalonge . muscardinel (mus'kar-din), n. [F. muscar dine , a fungus so called (cf. mus card in , a dormouse: see muscardine2 ), mosca dino, F. muscadin , a musk-lozenge: see mus cadine.] 1. A fungus, Botrytis Ba i an a , the cause of a very destructive disease in silkworms. -2. The disease produced in silkworms by the muscardine.