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▪ I. mustering, vbl. n.|ˈmʌstərɪŋ|
[f. muster v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb. muster in various senses; an instance of this.
c1440Lydg. Hors, Shepe & G. 66 Withouten hors what were here mustrynges? c1440Promp. Parv. 349/2 Musterynge, or gaderynge togeder of men to be schewyde,..coadunacio. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 246 They commaund Scherteline..to invade the enemies that wer in mustering underneth the Alpes. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii, Hee's one that hath had the mustring or conuoy of a companie. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Mustering, the act of calling over a list of the whole ship's company, or any..detachment thereof, who are..summoned to answer by their names on the occasion. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies xxvi. 231 A general mustering of our horses took place. 1860G. Duppa Station Diary Oct. in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury (1949) v. 47 To collect stragglers for a second mustering. 1874A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xv. 206 Life on a sheep-station is rather a dull one. There are periodical ‘musterings’ and other duties to be attended to. 1878E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 172 The mode of mustering adopted by Ernest was this. 1888Sat. Rev. 8 Dec. 668 He knew..what the heavy mustering on the Opposition benches meant. 1911C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xviii. 172 There was the operation of mustering going on as clear and plain as if the hillside were a mile distant. 1968K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 95 Tales told in a bush pub; tales of droving, mustering.
b. attrib.
1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., A mustering place, diribitorium. 1745J. Hempstead Diary 6 May (1901) 442 The 1st & 2d Company are viewing Arms &c. Mustering Day through the Colony. 1817Chalmers Astron. Disc. vi. (1852) 138 On some field of mustering competition, have monarchs met. 1841Southern Lit. Messenger VII. 768/1 Who should I see..but Mr. Jim Guest himself, in..mustering jacket and trowsers, and tarpaulin hat. 1878E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 169 In mustering times Ernest used to set some of the huge boulders on the sides of its cliffs rolling. 1899Scribner's Mag. XXV. 7/1 The mustering-places for the regiment were appointed in New Mexico. 1930L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs vi. 138 More stories were told of him in shearers' huts and mustering camps than of any other runholder. 1953O. E. Middleton in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 186 See him coming in from the back country at mustering-time.
▪ II. mustering, ppl. a.|ˈmʌstərɪŋ|
[f. muster v.1 + -ing2.]
That musters, in senses of the vb.
1594Greene & Lodge Looking-Gl. (1598) A 4, Like the mustering breath of æolus That ouerturnes the pines of Libanon. 1758J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 24 Let each be signed by the aforesaid mustering-officer. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. xi. 211 Mustering storm-clouds blue with rain. 1897P. Warung Tales Old Regime 110 So that his attitude should not appear strange to the mustering officer. |