musquashn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskwɒʃ/, U.S.

/ˈməˌskwɔʃ/,

/ˈməˌskwɑʃ/

Forms: 1600s mushquash, 1600s muske quashe, 1600s muskewashe, 1600s muskquash, 1600s musk-quass, 1600s musquashes, 1600s musquass, 1600s musquassus, 1600s musquosh, 1600s– musquash, 1700s musk squash, 1800s muskwash, 1800s musquagh.

Origin: A borrowing from am Algonquian language. Etymon: Western Abenaki moskwas.

Etymology: < Western Abenaki moskwas or the equivalent in Massachusett, perhaps literally ‘the one whose head bobs above the water’; the first syllable has perhaps been influenced by that of muskrat n. The spelling musquassus may represent either an Algonquian diminutive or an English plural. Compare mussascus n., squash n.³

1. = muskrat n. 1a.

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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

1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 30 Martins, Fitches, Musquassus, and diuerse other sorts of vermine, whose names I know not.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 86 The Musquashes is a small Beast that lives in shallow ponds.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 471 Musquashes, and even Bevers, were not much regarded, until the English..encouraged the pursuit of them.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xi. 252 The casualties that generally happen either by inundations or the musk squash.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 189 Musquash, or Musk Rat, is a diminutive of the beaver, which is to be met with in North America.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 79 Musquash are their principal food on these expeditions.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 371 In the Northern States it [sc. the muskrat] is generally called Musquash, from its general Indian designation.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xv. 133 The muskrat, or as it is often called, the musquash, was so named because of the strong musky odour given off by the glands.

1947 J. J. Rowlands Cache Lake 192 Musquash, as Chief Tabeash calls muskrats, move about under water in spring.

1997 Independent on Sunday 4 May i. 10/7 At the centre of the row is the musk-rat, a chubby, chocolate-brown monogamous mammal, also known as the musquash.

2. The fur of the muskrat (also: the variety of fur derived from this animal (now chiefly British)); = muskrat n. 1b. Also attributive or as adj. Now chiefly British.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of musk-rat

muskrat1666

Russia musquash1882

musquash1884

musquash sealskin1902

Hudson Bay seal1914

1633 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 71 2 otters and 4 musquosh with stones.

1633 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 71 3 racoon skins, 14 musquashes, two of them with stones.

1680 Hudson's Bay Company Minutes (1945) 29 10 Musk Quash 16 Beaver peeces valued att 15s.

1765 Quebec Gaz. 20 June 3/1 To be sold at Public Vendue, on Friday Morning next..675 Racoons..1590 Musquash, 364 lbs. Indian half dress'd Deer, with some other Poltries.

1884 York Herald 26 Aug. 1/2 (advt.) Fur Capes, in all the most Fashionable Furs, including..Musquash.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 4/2 Musquash is a brown fur.

1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story xx. 186 Most other furs, particularly foxes and musquash, are subject to quite wide fluctuations due to cyclic periods of abundance and scarcity.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! ix. 87 Tom, don't go daft and get me that flank musquash coat you promised me ages ago.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

musquash fur n.

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1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 74 Musquash fur used in felting.

1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 48/3 In North America, the muskrat (the bearer of musquash fur) is perhaps the mink's most important mammal prey.

musquash hole n.

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musquash hole1835

muskrat house1837

musquash housea1862

push-up1933

1835–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxiii I thought it was like Uncle Peleg's musquash hole, and that no soul could ever find the bottom of.

musquash skin n.

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1633 New Hampsh. Provinc. Papers I. 72 Received by me..three racoon skins, and fourteene musquash skins.

1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life I. 211 Chattered with the broker about musquash skins,..and gum arabic.

1881 J. T. Trowbridge Home Idyl 66 He can trade his mink and musquash skins, Baskets of wicker, For white man's trinkets; bows and moccasins.

C2.

musquash house n. rare = muskrat house n. at muskrat n. Compounds 2.

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musquash hole1835

muskrat house1837

musquash housea1862

push-up1933

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 212 What increased the resemblance, was one old musquash house almost afloat.

musquash poison n. rare = musquash root n. (a).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1897 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. II. 536 Cicuta maculata... Musquash Root... Poisonous. Called also Spotted Cowbane, and Beaver-poison.]

1908 N.E.D. at Musquash Musquash poison, the plant Cicuta maculata (Britton & Brown American Flora).

musquash root n. (a) a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, with a highly poisonous root; (b) the spring beauty, Claytonia virginica (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > water hemlock

cicutaa1398

water hemlock1764

cow-bane1776

musquash root1807

beaver-poison1857

1807 Massachusetts Spy 22 July Five children were lately poisoned in Scipio (New York) by eating Wild Parsnip or Musquash Root.

1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 157 Spotted cowbane. Musquash-root. Beaver-poison.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 767/1 Musquash-root, an American name for Cicuta maculata; also Claytonia acutiflora.

1940 E. Early New Eng. Sampler 309 The Indian had told his grandmother..of a decoction of Cowbane (called Musquash Root) that would make a woman forever sterile.

1977 J. B. Moyle & E. W. Moyle Northland Wild Flowers 101/1 Water Hemlock (C. maculata). Also called Musquash Root... Ingestion of a small piece of tuber is sufficient to cause convulsions and death in humans.

musquash sealskin n. rare imitation sealskin made from the pelt of the muskrat.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of musk-rat

muskrat1666

Russia musquash1882

musquash1884

musquash sealskin1902

Hudson Bay seal1914

1902 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 4/2 One is really just as well off with the musquash sealskin.

musquash weed n. †(a) = musquash root n. (a) (obsolete); (b) = muskrat weed n. (b) at muskrat n. Compounds 2.

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1767 Massachusetts Gaz. 21 May 3/1 Persons (especially Children) would do well to beware of this Weed. It is called wild Hemlock by some, and Musquash Weed by others.

1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 5 91 Thalictrum polygamum, muskrat-weed; musquash weed.

1907 A. B. Lyons Plant Names (ed. 2) 457 T. polygamum... Celandine, Muskrat-weed, Musquash-weed.

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

单词	musquash
释义	musquashn.adj. Brit. /ˈmʌskwɒʃ/, U.S. /ˈməˌskwɔʃ/, /ˈməˌskwɑʃ/ Forms: 1600s mushquash, 1600s muske quashe, 1600s muskewashe, 1600s muskquash, 1600s musk-quass, 1600s musquashes, 1600s musquass, 1600s musquassus, 1600s musquosh, 1600s– musquash, 1700s musk squash, 1800s muskwash, 1800s musquagh. Origin: A borrowing from am Algonquian language. Etymon: Western Abenaki moskwas. Etymology: < Western Abenaki moskwas or the equivalent in Massachusett, perhaps literally ‘the one whose head bobs above the water’; the first syllable has perhaps been influenced by that of muskrat n. The spelling musquassus may represent either an Algonquian diminutive or an English plural. Compare mussascus n., squash n.³ 1. = muskrat n. 1a. 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 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 30 Martins, Fitches, Musquassus, and diuerse other sorts of vermine, whose names I know not. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 86 The Musquashes is a small Beast that lives in shallow ponds. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 471 Musquashes, and even Bevers, were not much regarded, until the English..encouraged the pursuit of them. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xi. 252 The casualties that generally happen either by inundations or the musk squash. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 189 Musquash, or Musk Rat, is a diminutive of the beaver, which is to be met with in North America. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 79 Musquash are their principal food on these expeditions. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 371 In the Northern States it [sc. the muskrat] is generally called Musquash, from its general Indian designation. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xv. 133 The muskrat, or as it is often called, the musquash, was so named because of the strong musky odour given off by the glands. 1947 J. J. Rowlands Cache Lake 192 Musquash, as Chief Tabeash calls muskrats, move about under water in spring. 1997 Independent on Sunday 4 May i. 10/7 At the centre of the row is the musk-rat, a chubby, chocolate-brown monogamous mammal, also known as the musquash. 2. The fur of the muskrat (also: the variety of fur derived from this animal (now chiefly British)); = muskrat n. 1b. Also attributive or as adj. Now chiefly British. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of musk-rat muskrat1666 Russia musquash1882 musquash1884 musquash sealskin1902 Hudson Bay seal1914 1633 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 71 2 otters and 4 musquosh with stones. 1633 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 71 3 racoon skins, 14 musquashes, two of them with stones. 1680 Hudson's Bay Company Minutes (1945) 29 10 Musk Quash 16 Beaver peeces valued att 15s. 1765 Quebec Gaz. 20 June 3/1 To be sold at Public Vendue, on Friday Morning next..675 Racoons..1590 Musquash, 364 lbs. Indian half dress'd Deer, with some other Poltries. 1884 York Herald 26 Aug. 1/2 (advt.) Fur Capes, in all the most Fashionable Furs, including..Musquash. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 4/2 Musquash is a brown fur. 1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story xx. 186 Most other furs, particularly foxes and musquash, are subject to quite wide fluctuations due to cyclic periods of abundance and scarcity. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! ix. 87 Tom, don't go daft and get me that flank musquash coat you promised me ages ago. Compounds C1. General attributive. musquash fur n. ΚΠ 1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 74 Musquash fur used in felting. 1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 48/3 In North America, the muskrat (the bearer of musquash fur) is perhaps the mink's most important mammal prey. musquash hole n. 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) > burrow or resting-place musquash hole1835 muskrat house1837 musquash housea1862 push-up1933 1835–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxiii I thought it was like Uncle Peleg's musquash hole, and that no soul could ever find the bottom of. musquash skin n. ΚΠ 1633 New Hampsh. Provinc. Papers I. 72 Received by me..three racoon skins, and fourteene musquash skins. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life I. 211 Chattered with the broker about musquash skins,..and gum arabic. 1881 J. T. Trowbridge Home Idyl 66 He can trade his mink and musquash skins, Baskets of wicker, For white man's trinkets; bows and moccasins. C2. musquash house n. rare = muskrat house n. at muskrat n. Compounds 2. 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) > burrow or resting-place musquash hole1835 muskrat house1837 musquash housea1862 push-up1933 a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 212 What increased the resemblance, was one old musquash house almost afloat. musquash poison n. rare = musquash root n. (a).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1897 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. II. 536 Cicuta maculata... Musquash Root... Poisonous. Called also Spotted Cowbane, and Beaver-poison.] 1908 N.E.D. at Musquash Musquash poison, the plant Cicuta maculata (Britton & Brown American Flora). musquash root n. (a) a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, with a highly poisonous root; (b) the spring beauty, Claytonia virginica (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > water hemlock cicutaa1398 water hemlock1764 cow-bane1776 musquash root1807 beaver-poison1857 1807 Massachusetts Spy 22 July Five children were lately poisoned in Scipio (New York) by eating Wild Parsnip or Musquash Root. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 157 Spotted cowbane. Musquash-root. Beaver-poison. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 767/1 Musquash-root, an American name for Cicuta maculata; also Claytonia acutiflora. 1940 E. Early New Eng. Sampler 309 The Indian had told his grandmother..of a decoction of Cowbane (called Musquash Root) that would make a woman forever sterile. 1977 J. B. Moyle & E. W. Moyle Northland Wild Flowers 101/1 Water Hemlock (C. maculata). Also called Musquash Root... Ingestion of a small piece of tuber is sufficient to cause convulsions and death in humans. musquash sealskin n. rare imitation sealskin made from the pelt of the muskrat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of musk-rat muskrat1666 Russia musquash1882 musquash1884 musquash sealskin1902 Hudson Bay seal1914 1902 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 4/2 One is really just as well off with the musquash sealskin. musquash weed n. †(a) = musquash root n. (a) (obsolete); (b) = muskrat weed n. (b) at muskrat n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1767 Massachusetts Gaz. 21 May 3/1 Persons (especially Children) would do well to beware of this Weed. It is called wild Hemlock by some, and Musquash Weed by others. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 5 91 Thalictrum polygamum, muskrat-weed; musquash weed. 1907 A. B. Lyons Plant Names (ed. 2) 457 T. polygamum... Celandine, Muskrat-weed, Musquash-weed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1616
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