Muscovyn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskəvi/, U.S.

/ˈməskəvi/

Forms: 1500s Muskovie, 1600s Moschovy, 1600s Moscouia, 1600s Muschovy, 1600s Muscouia, 1600s Muscouie, 1600s Muscouy, 1600s Muscovia, 1600s Muscovie, 1600s Muskevia, 1600s–1700s Moscovy, 1600s– Muscovy, 1800s Muskovy.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Muscovy.

Etymology: < Muscovy, name of the principality of Moscow (attested in 16th cent. in forms Moscouie , Moscouy , Moscouia , Moscovy , Muscouy , Muskovia , etc.; now hist.) < post-classical Latin Moscovia , Muscovia Muscovy (1543 or earlier; compare Russian Moskovija Muscovy, the principality of Moscow) < Old Russian Moskov′ Moscow (see Moscow n.) + post-classical Latin -ia -y suffix³. Compare Middle French, French Moscovie Muscovy (1577 or earlier).

I. Compounds.

* Designating things originating in, obtained from, or associated with Muscovy.

a. Muscovy glass n. the mineral muscovite, esp. as used to make translucent windows; = muscovite n.² Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite

Muscovy glass1573

talc1601

mirror-stone1668

Muscovy talc1677

potash mica1844

muscovite1850

phengite1854

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials

specular stone1577

murra1598

talc1601

isinglass1750

mica1778

Muscovy glass1794

muscovite1850

Vitreosil1909

vitreous silica1925

windolite1927

1573 in P. Cunningham Extracts Accts. Revels at Court (1842) 42 Muskovie glasse.

1604 J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) i. vii. sig. C4^v She were an excellent Lady, but that hir face peeleth like Muscouie glasse.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 252 The gallery windowes of my cabin..were of light moscouia glasse or talke.

1653 G. Plattes Discov. Subterraneal Treasure 44 As for these base Minerals, viz. Cinabar naturall, Antimony, Sulphur, Auripigment, Arsenick, Talcum, Muscovy glasse, Emery,..because they are of small value, and not worth the seeking for on set purpose, I will omit further to discourse of them.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 211 Mr. Sage found muscovy glass infusible in the strongest heat.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 16 Talc has sometimes been called Muscovy glass.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 413/1 Muscovite (Muscovy-Glass)... Crystals over a yard in diameter in China, where it is used for windows.

1984 G. Jennings Journeyer 277 A train of Samoyeds..was bringing down from the far north baled sheets of what they called Muscovy glass.

†b. Muscovy lantern n. a lantern fitted with panes of muscovite. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of

sconcec1392

Muscovy lantern1606

sconcer1731

talc light1808

stirrup lantern1824

mistress1848

bull's-eye1851

midgy1893

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F4^v A wise man might haue taken it for the Snuffe of a candle in a Muscouie Lanthorne.

†c. Muscovy talc n. = muscovite n.² Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite

Muscovy glass1573

talc1601

mirror-stone1668

Muscovy talc1677

potash mica1844

muscovite1850

phengite1854

1677 R. Hooke Lampas 4 A thin Plate of Selenitis or Muscovia Talk.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Selenites Some give the same Appellation to Muscovy-Talc, from an Opinion, that its Brightness increases and diminishes with the Moon.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Talc Muscovy talc, a kind of foliaceous body, well known by the English name of isinglass.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 740 Substituting varnished metallic gauze in the room of Muscovy talc, a kind of mica.

†2.

a. Muscovy hide n. Russia leather. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Russia leather

Muscovy hide1604

Muscovy leather1604

Russia leather1632

Russian leather1642

Russia1724

yuft1799

Russia calf1807

Russian1848

1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. E4^v Red hides or Muscouia hides.

1618 T. Barker in St. Papers, Col., E. Indies 1617–21 (1870) 159 Tin, brass, morse teeth, Muscovy hides.

1624 Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 143 I receaved from Sir W^m Hull 30 redd muskevia hydes.

b. Muscovy leather n. Russia leather. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Russia leather

Muscovy hide1604

Muscovy leather1604

Russia leather1632

Russian leather1642

Russia1724

yuft1799

Russia calf1807

Russian1848

1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. E2 Muscouia Leather.

1647 J. Fletcher Captaine ii. ii. 54 His hide, (for sure he is a beast) is ranker Then the Muscovy leather: and grain'd like it.

†3. Muscovy yarn n. yarn obtained from Muscovy. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun]

yarnc1000

threadc1386

Muscovy yarn1604

multifilament1944

1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. I2 Spruce or Muscouia yearne.

** Uses arising by confusion with musk n. or post-classical Latin moscatus, muscatus (see muscat n.), esp. in the names of animals and plants.

4. Muscovy duck n.

a. A large tree-nesting duck, Cairina moschata, native to Central and South America but widely domesticated elsewhere, with variable black and white plumage and, in the male, a red carbuncle on the face and bill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck)

Guinea duck1602

Muscovy duck1657

musk duck1734

muggent1785

muff-coated duck1847

Muscovy1953

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > biziura lobata (musk-duck)

musk duck1805

Muscovy duck1822

Muscovy duck1911

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 35 Muscovia-Ducks..larded with the fat of this Porke..are an excellent bak'd-meat.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 381 The Muscovy Duck... It is in this kind the biggest of all we have hitherto seen.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 150 Muscovy Ducks.

1792 G. Imlay Topogr. Descr. Western Territory N. Amer. 88 The provision consist of..Muscovy ducks, turkeys, geese, dunghill fowls and pidgeons.

1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xiii. 131 He brought a Muscovy duck to Lady Macadam.

1822 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr.: Narr. 2nd Journey I. xiv. 148 We halted at the side of a lake, when one of our people brought down four wild ducks by one shot, and another found eight Muscovy ducks' eggs, as large as those of a turkey.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting v. 114 A fat Muscovy duck..is not a bad subject to work on.

1956 Nigerian Field 21 108 The presence of the Muscovy duck in Africa has never been satisfactorily explained. The bird is indigenous to the Americas.

1992 Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Aug. a3/1 The 79-year-old widow was, her..neighbors said, creating a nuisance by feeding Muscovy ducks near her condominium complex.

b. = musk duck n. 2. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > biziura lobata (musk-duck)

musk duck1805

Muscovy duck1822

Muscovy duck1911

1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling ii. 26 They fairly rushed the cargo into her... Japanese onions, condensed milk, tomato sauce, Worcestershire relish, half a dozen hens, and a dozen Muscovy ducks.

†5. Muscovy rat n. the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat)

water rat1481

rat1584

mussascus1612

muskrat1615

musquash1616

squash1678

Muscovy rat1693

musk beaver1771

Ondatra1774

rat-tailed shrew1827

mushrat1842

beaver-rat1884

musky1884

1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 217 Mus Aquaticus..The Muscovy or Musk Rat.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 476 Shrew, Musky..Muscovy or Musk rat.

II. Simple uses.

†6. The musk storksbill, Erodium moschatum. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill

ground-needlea1400

pookneedlea1425

pink needle1548

stork's bill1562

heronsbill1578

moschata1578

musk cranesbill1640

Muscovy1648

musk stork's-bill1853

pin clover1880

1648 J. Bobart Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis 23 Gerani[u]m syl: Moschat: fol: Wild Moschovy.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 103/2 Knotted Cranes Bill... This smelleth sweet like musk, and therefore is of many Flowerists, called Muscovy.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Geranium..Moschatum Musked Crane's-bill or Moscovy.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 609 Geranium moschatum,..Musked cranes-bill. Muscovy.

1832 G. Banks Plymouth & Devonport Flora at Monadelphia–Pentandria The..nosegays which deck our market stalls [are not] considered perfect without a branch of Muscovy.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 348 Muscovy, Erodium moschatum.

7. A Muscovy duck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck)

Guinea duck1602

Muscovy duck1657

musk duck1734

muggent1785

muff-coated duck1847

Muscovy1953

1953 Amer. Speech 28 276 The domesticated varieties of ducks also are not wholly neglected, the large Muscovy, with distinctive head adornment, suggesting the scoters.

1972 Country Life 2 Mar. 489/1 The China goose can't stand up to the muscovy and retreats before him.

1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry ii. 38/2 The white Aylesbury is thought to have originated as a white mutation of the Mallard... The Muscovy from South America has come from a different line.

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

单词	muscovy
释义	Muscovyn. Brit. /ˈmʌskəvi/, U.S. /ˈməskəvi/ Forms: 1500s Muskovie, 1600s Moschovy, 1600s Moscouia, 1600s Muschovy, 1600s Muscouia, 1600s Muscouie, 1600s Muscouy, 1600s Muscovia, 1600s Muscovie, 1600s Muskevia, 1600s–1700s Moscovy, 1600s– Muscovy, 1800s Muskovy. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Muscovy. Etymology: < Muscovy, name of the principality of Moscow (attested in 16th cent. in forms Moscouie , Moscouy , Moscouia , Moscovy , Muscouy , Muskovia , etc.; now hist.) < post-classical Latin Moscovia , Muscovia Muscovy (1543 or earlier; compare Russian Moskovija Muscovy, the principality of Moscow) < Old Russian Moskov′ Moscow (see Moscow n.) + post-classical Latin -ia -y suffix³. Compare Middle French, French Moscovie Muscovy (1577 or earlier). I. Compounds. * Designating things originating in, obtained from, or associated with Muscovy. 1. a. Muscovy glass n. the mineral muscovite, esp. as used to make translucent windows; = muscovite n.² Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite Muscovy glass1573 talc1601 mirror-stone1668 Muscovy talc1677 potash mica1844 muscovite1850 phengite1854 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials specular stone1577 murra1598 talc1601 isinglass1750 mica1778 Muscovy glass1794 muscovite1850 Vitreosil1909 vitreous silica1925 windolite1927 1573 in P. Cunningham Extracts Accts. Revels at Court (1842) 42 Muskovie glasse. 1604 J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) i. vii. sig. C4^v She were an excellent Lady, but that hir face peeleth like Muscouie glasse. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 252 The gallery windowes of my cabin..were of light moscouia glasse or talke. 1653 G. Plattes Discov. Subterraneal Treasure 44 As for these base Minerals, viz. Cinabar naturall, Antimony, Sulphur, Auripigment, Arsenick, Talcum, Muscovy glasse, Emery,..because they are of small value, and not worth the seeking for on set purpose, I will omit further to discourse of them. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 211 Mr. Sage found muscovy glass infusible in the strongest heat. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 16 Talc has sometimes been called Muscovy glass. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 413/1 Muscovite (Muscovy-Glass)... Crystals over a yard in diameter in China, where it is used for windows. 1984 G. Jennings Journeyer 277 A train of Samoyeds..was bringing down from the far north baled sheets of what they called Muscovy glass. †b. Muscovy lantern n. a lantern fitted with panes of muscovite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of sconcec1392 Muscovy lantern1606 sconcer1731 talc light1808 stirrup lantern1824 mistress1848 bull's-eye1851 midgy1893 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F4^v A wise man might haue taken it for the Snuffe of a candle in a Muscouie Lanthorne. †c. Muscovy talc n. = muscovite n.² Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite Muscovy glass1573 talc1601 mirror-stone1668 Muscovy talc1677 potash mica1844 muscovite1850 phengite1854 1677 R. Hooke Lampas 4 A thin Plate of Selenitis or Muscovia Talk. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Selenites Some give the same Appellation to Muscovy-Talc, from an Opinion, that its Brightness increases and diminishes with the Moon. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Talc Muscovy talc, a kind of foliaceous body, well known by the English name of isinglass. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 740 Substituting varnished metallic gauze in the room of Muscovy talc, a kind of mica. †2. a. Muscovy hide n. Russia leather. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Russia leather Muscovy hide1604 Muscovy leather1604 Russia leather1632 Russian leather1642 Russia1724 yuft1799 Russia calf1807 Russian1848 1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. E4^v Red hides or Muscouia hides. 1618 T. Barker in St. Papers, Col., E. Indies 1617–21 (1870) 159 Tin, brass, morse teeth, Muscovy hides. 1624 Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 143 I receaved from Sir W^m Hull 30 redd muskevia hydes. b. Muscovy leather n. Russia leather. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Russia leather Muscovy hide1604 Muscovy leather1604 Russia leather1632 Russian leather1642 Russia1724 yuft1799 Russia calf1807 Russian1848 1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. E2 Muscouia Leather. 1647 J. Fletcher Captaine ii. ii. 54 His hide, (for sure he is a beast) is ranker Then the Muscovy leather: and grain'd like it. †3. Muscovy yarn n. yarn obtained from Muscovy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] yarnc1000 threadc1386 Muscovy yarn1604 multifilament1944 1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. I2 Spruce or Muscouia yearne. ** Uses arising by confusion with musk n. or post-classical Latin moscatus, muscatus (see muscat n.), esp. in the names of animals and plants. 4. Muscovy duck n. a. A large tree-nesting duck, Cairina moschata, native to Central and South America but widely domesticated elsewhere, with variable black and white plumage and, in the male, a red carbuncle on the face and bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck) Guinea duck1602 Muscovy duck1657 musk duck1734 muggent1785 muff-coated duck1847 Muscovy1953 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > biziura lobata (musk-duck) musk duck1805 Muscovy duck1822 Muscovy duck1911 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 35 Muscovia-Ducks..larded with the fat of this Porke..are an excellent bak'd-meat. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 381 The Muscovy Duck... It is in this kind the biggest of all we have hitherto seen. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 150 Muscovy Ducks. 1792 G. Imlay Topogr. Descr. Western Territory N. Amer. 88 The provision consist of..Muscovy ducks, turkeys, geese, dunghill fowls and pidgeons. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xiii. 131 He brought a Muscovy duck to Lady Macadam. 1822 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr.: Narr. 2nd Journey I. xiv. 148 We halted at the side of a lake, when one of our people brought down four wild ducks by one shot, and another found eight Muscovy ducks' eggs, as large as those of a turkey. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting v. 114 A fat Muscovy duck..is not a bad subject to work on. 1956 Nigerian Field 21 108 The presence of the Muscovy duck in Africa has never been satisfactorily explained. The bird is indigenous to the Americas. 1992 Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Aug. a3/1 The 79-year-old widow was, her..neighbors said, creating a nuisance by feeding Muscovy ducks near her condominium complex. b. = musk duck n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > biziura lobata (musk-duck) musk duck1805 Muscovy duck1822 Muscovy duck1911 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling ii. 26 They fairly rushed the cargo into her... Japanese onions, condensed milk, tomato sauce, Worcestershire relish, half a dozen hens, and a dozen Muscovy ducks. †5. Muscovy rat n. the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) water rat1481 rat1584 mussascus1612 muskrat1615 musquash1616 squash1678 Muscovy rat1693 musk beaver1771 Ondatra1774 rat-tailed shrew1827 mushrat1842 beaver-rat1884 musky1884 1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 217 Mus Aquaticus..The Muscovy or Musk Rat. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 476 Shrew, Musky..Muscovy or Musk rat. II. Simple uses. †6. The musk storksbill, Erodium moschatum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill ground-needlea1400 pookneedlea1425 pink needle1548 stork's bill1562 heronsbill1578 moschata1578 musk cranesbill1640 Muscovy1648 musk stork's-bill1853 pin clover1880 1648 J. Bobart Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis 23 Gerani[u]m syl: Moschat: fol: Wild Moschovy. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 103/2 Knotted Cranes Bill... This smelleth sweet like musk, and therefore is of many Flowerists, called Muscovy. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Geranium..Moschatum Musked Crane's-bill or Moscovy. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 609 Geranium moschatum,..Musked cranes-bill. Muscovy. 1832 G. Banks Plymouth & Devonport Flora at Monadelphia–Pentandria The..nosegays which deck our market stalls [are not] considered perfect without a branch of Muscovy. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 348 Muscovy, Erodium moschatum. 7. A Muscovy duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck) Guinea duck1602 Muscovy duck1657 musk duck1734 muggent1785 muff-coated duck1847 Muscovy1953 1953 Amer. Speech 28 276 The domesticated varieties of ducks also are not wholly neglected, the large Muscovy, with distinctive head adornment, suggesting the scoters. 1972 Country Life 2 Mar. 489/1 The China goose can't stand up to the muscovy and retreats before him. 1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry ii. 38/2 The white Aylesbury is thought to have originated as a white mutation of the Mallard... 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