Musk

Word MUSK
Character 4
Hyphenation musk
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Musk"

What do we mean by musk?

A greasy secretion with a powerful odor, produced in a glandular sac in the abdomen of a male musk deer and used in traditional medicines and formerly in the manufacture of perfumes. noun

A similar secretion produced by certain other animals, such as an otter or civet. noun

A synthetic chemical resembling natural musk in odor or use. noun

The odor of musk. noun

An odor similar to musk. noun

To perfume with musk.

An odoriferous substance secreted by the male musk-deer, Moschus moschiferus. See musk-deer. noun

A kind of artificial musk made by the action of nitric acid upon oil of amber. noun

3. The smell of musk, or a smell resembling it; an aromatic smell; a perfume. noun

Same as musk-plant, in both senses. noun

To perfume with musk. transitive verb

A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistency 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. noun

The musk deer. See Musk deer (below). noun

The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. noun

The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus). noun

A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill. noun

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.

A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.

The odour of musk.

The musk deer (genus Moschus).

The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).

A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.

A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.

The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Musk

The word "musk" in example sentences

Now Mahbubah had written upon her cheek, in musk, the ❋ Unknown (2006)

The fragrance of musk from the breasts of the fair, viii. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So she sealed the letter with virgin musk and incensed it with Nadd-scent and ambergris, after which she committed it to a certain of the merchants saying, Deliver it not to any save to Zayn al-Mawasif or to her handmaid ❋ Unknown (2006)

Khalif, followed by cup-bearer lads like moons, belted with zones of gold, who spread a cloth of siglaton301 and set thereon flagons of chinaware and tall flasks of glass and cups of crystal and bottles and hanaps302 of all colours; and those flagons they filled with pure clear and old wine, whose scent was as the fragrance of virgin musk and it was even as saith the poet, ❋ Unknown (2006)

So she brought me a tankard of red gold, set with pearls and gems of price, full of water mingled with virgin musk and covered with a napkin of green silk, and I addressed myself to drink and was long about my drinking, for I stole glances at her the while, till I could prolong my stay no longer. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The fragrance of musk from the breasts of the fair ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even on sunny days, harsh winds can sweep across the tundra, closing the highway to all but herds of coastal plain musk ox. ❋ Unknown (2004)

When studying the natural odorants occurring in musk and civet, muscone and civetone, little known until then, Ruzicka obtained fundamentally new and surprising results during the years ❋ Unknown (1966)

It is sometimes known as the musk ox and occasionally as the musk bison. ❋ Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (N/A)

For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He leans over me so I can smell his musk, which is to say I'm very olfactory and so I can tell you he reeked of testosterone, by which I mean ladies could fill up with babies just from sniffing his sweat. ❋ Card, Orson Scott (1990)

Page 195 the water melon, is indiscriminately called musk melon and despised, which is a pity, for our good ones must be a great treat here. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Sent to Portsmouth with letters for Mr. de Vaudreuil, in command of our fleet, Closen becomes acquainted “with a very curious animal which the people of the region call a musk-cat, but which I believe to be the puant” (the stinking one), and a careful description shows that, in any case, the name well fitted the animal. ❋ Unknown (1916)

It will carry six or seven picos of musk, which is used by the people of the country. ❋ James Alexander Robertson (1906)

Such danger that all his royal father could do in honor of the glad event was to break a musk-bag before his faithful followers as sign that the birth of an heir to empire would diffuse itself like perfume through the whole world? ❋ Flora Annie Steel (1888)

The tree is a product of Australia, and has the peculiarity of constantly giving out the odor of musk, which is perceptible at quite a distance. ❋ Thomas Wallace Knox (1865)

The males only yield the musk, which is found in grains, or little pellets, inside a sac or pod in the skin, situated near the navel; but what produces this singular substance, or what purpose it serves in the economy of the animal, it is not easy to say. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

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