| 单词 | must-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmust-ball 1. = musk n. Frequently attributive, esp. in must-ball, must-box. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Moschus (musk-deer) > musk musk1394 must1488 1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 5 Item, twa tuthpikis of gold, with a chenye, a perle & erepike, a moist ball of gold [etc.]. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 148 Must, myr, aloes, or confectioun. a1625 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Harl.) 15 in Poems (1910) Thy smell was so fell, and stronger nor muist. a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 68 I carry a little Muist-box (which is the Word of God) in my Bosom, and when I meet with the ill Air of ill company, that's like to gar me Swarf, I besmell my self with the sweet savour of it. 1734 J. Spottiswood Hope's Observ. Law Scotl. 538 A Silver Muist-ball. 1843 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (new ed.) Legendary Div. I. 272 Their necks deep-pierc'd, with must abound. < as lemmas |
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