mussuckn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌsək/, U.S.

/ˈməsək/

Forms: 1600s mussocke, 1800s musak, 1800s muskatt (irregular), 1800s mussak, 1800s mussick, 1800s mussiek, 1800s mussoch, 1800s mussock, 1800s musuk, 1800s– mussack, 1800s– mussuck, 1900s– massak.

Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu mašk.

Etymology: < Urdu mašk (also with colloquial pronunciations maśak, masak) < Persian mašk.

South Asian.

A leather water bag, esp. one made from the whole skin of a goat.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water

waterskinOE

mussuck1610

waterskin1752

pakhali1781

girba1790

pakhal1842

chagal1909

1610 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 427 A Mussocke of water being sold for a Rupia.

1802 Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 814/1 The troops from India brought Muskatts or leather bags to contain the water in.

1840 A. Abbott in C. R. Low Afghan War (1879) 133 At Kooner I had a raft of fifty ‘mussucks’, very badly put together and with scarcely any timber on it.

1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 59 The cooling effects of a mussiek of water refreshed us for our breakfast.

1895 J. A. Gray Court of Amir viii. 126 For wounds, ulcers, or abscesses the villagers bind on..a piece of an old water bag (mussack), which they soften afresh by soaking.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 3/1 In the meantime Mussoch rafts, i.e., rafts supported by inflated goats' skins, were improvised to transport men from one bank to the other, worked by native boatmen.

1930 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 108/1 Then came a water-carrier with a leather mussuck partly filled with water.

1987 N. Sibal Yatra 181 They had come to fill their massaks in the pool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mussuck
释义	mussuckn. Brit. /ˈmʌsək/, U.S. /ˈməsək/ Forms: 1600s mussocke, 1800s musak, 1800s muskatt (irregular), 1800s mussak, 1800s mussick, 1800s mussiek, 1800s mussoch, 1800s mussock, 1800s musuk, 1800s– mussack, 1800s– mussuck, 1900s– massak. Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu mašk. Etymology: < Urdu mašk (also with colloquial pronunciations maśak, masak) < Persian mašk. South Asian. A leather water bag, esp. one made from the whole skin of a goat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water waterskinOE mussuck1610 waterskin1752 pakhali1781 girba1790 pakhal1842 chagal1909 1610 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 427 A Mussocke of water being sold for a Rupia. 1802 Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 814/1 The troops from India brought Muskatts or leather bags to contain the water in. 1840 A. Abbott in C. R. Low Afghan War (1879) 133 At Kooner I had a raft of fifty ‘mussucks’, very badly put together and with scarcely any timber on it. 1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 59 The cooling effects of a mussiek of water refreshed us for our breakfast. 1895 J. A. Gray Court of Amir viii. 126 For wounds, ulcers, or abscesses the villagers bind on..a piece of an old water bag (mussack), which they soften afresh by soaking. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 3/1 In the meantime Mussoch rafts, i.e., rafts supported by inflated goats' skins, were improvised to transport men from one bank to the other, worked by native boatmen. 1930 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 108/1 Then came a water-carrier with a leather mussuck partly filled with water. 1987 N. Sibal Yatra 181 They had come to fill their massaks in the pool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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