▪ I. † ˈmuskin1 Obs.
[a. OF. mus(e)quin pretty face, sweetheart, musquine sweetheart.]
a. A pretty face. b. A term of endearment for a woman.
| 1530 Palsgr. 247/1 Muskyn, a proper visage, musquin. 1538 Bale Thre Lawes B iv b, The woman hath a wytt,..My muskyne and my mullye, My gelouer and my cullye, Yea, myne owne swete hart of Golde. |
▪ II. † ˈmuskin2
var. or erron. form of misken.
| 1657 Beck Univ. Char. I 2, A muskin, vid. Titmouse. 1658 Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 901 To destroy the Muskin or Titmouse. |
▪ III. † ˈmuskin3 slang. Obs. exc. in allusive use.
(See quot. 1756.)
| 1756 Johnson Connoisseur No. 138 ¶6 Those who..call a man a cabbage,..an odd fish, and an unaccountable muskin, should never come into company without an interpreter. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 395 The embraces of some unaccountable muskin. |