Defn: See Mussel. Muscle curve (Physiol.), contraction curve of a muscle; a myogram; the curve inscribed, upon a prepared surface, by means of a myograph when acted upon by a contracting muscle. The character of the curve represents the extent of the contraction.
MUSCLED
Mus"cled, a.
Defn: Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled.
MUSCLE READING
Mus"cle read`ing.
Defn: The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular contact.
MUSCLING
Mus"cling, n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [R.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.
MUSCOGEES
Mus*co"gees, n. pl.
Defn: See Muskogees.
MUSCOID
Mus"coid, a. Etym: [Muscus + -oid: cf. F. muscoide.] (Bot.)