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Webster 1913 Edition
Muss
Muss
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
mousche
a fly, also, the play called muss
, fr. L. musca
a fly.] A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
Shak.
Muss
,Noun.
A state of confusion or disorder; – prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Muss
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mussed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mussing
.] To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple; – often used with
up
; as, the wind
. mussed
up my hair[Colloq. U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Muss
MUSS
,Noun.