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musive, a. and n.|ˈmjuːsɪv|
[a. F. musif, -ive, ad. late L. mūsivus: see mosaic a.1]
A. adj. = mosaic a.1 1. Now rare or Obs.
1506Sir R. Guylforde Pilgr. (Camden) 37 The vaughtes be garnysshed with gold and byse with dyuers storyes of as subtyll musyn [? read musyu] worke as maye be. Ibid., Of the sayde musyn werke. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 91 Their very Poets scoffed at the Musive work of the pavements. 1813J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 174 The musive work here exhibits a few grim old saints.
†b. musive gold = mosaic gold, late L. aurum musivum. Obs.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 512 Mr. Wolfe found musive gold insoluble in acids.
B. n.
†1. = mosaic n. 1.
1622Peacham Compl. Gent. 118 The Grecians brought the Art of working in Musive, or Mosaique, to Venice. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 156 The magnificent Acts of Statuarie, Founding, Mowlding, Musive, and Graving.
2. A species of noctuid moth.
1832J. Rennie Conspect. Butterfl. & M. 56 The Musive (Graphiphora musiva, Ochsenheimer). |