MUSQUASH  Or See also:

• MUSK (Med. Lat. muscus, late Gr. µbvXos, possibly Pers. mushk, from Sansk. mushka, the scrotum)

MUSK-See also:

• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

RAT, See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

BROWN and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

BLACK See also:

• RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN.—See also:

• SIZE

Size 12 X8 in . A very prolific rodent of the amphibious class obtained from See also:

• CANADA

Canada and the See also:

• UNITED

United States, similar in See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• VOLE

vole, with a fairly thick and even brown underwool and rather strong See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top dark See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair of See also:

• MEDIUM

medium See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density . It is a very useful See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur for men's coat linings and ladies' See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving or motoring coats, being warm, durable and not too heavy . If the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour were less See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

motley and the joins between the skins could be made less noticeable, it would be largely in demand for stoles, ties and muffs . As it is, this fur is only used for these smaller articles for the cheaper See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . It has, however, of later years been " unhaired," the underwool clipped very even and then dyed See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal colour, in which way very useful and attractive garments are supplied at less than See also:

• HALF

half the cost of the cheaper sealskins . They do not See also:

• WEAR

wear as well, however, as the pelt and the See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool are not of a strength comparable to those of sealskin . With care, however, such a garment lasts sufficiently See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long to See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant the See also:

• PRESENT

present outlay . Value Sad. to Is . 9d . There is a so-called black variety found in See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware and New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, but the number is very small compared to the brown See also:

• SPECIES

species . They are excellent for men's coat linings and the outside of ladies' coats, for stoles, muffs, collars and cuffs .

Value sod. to 3s . 7d . The Russian musquash is very small, 7X4 in., and is limited in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers compared to the brown . Only a few thousands are imported to See also:

• LONDON

London . It is of a very See also:

• PRETTY

pretty silvery-See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue shade of even wool with very little silky top hair, having silvery-See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white sides and altogether a very marked effect . The odour, however, even after dressing is rather pungent of musk, which is generally an objection . Value 4s. to 6s . 6d .