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muster

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muster  \Mus"ter\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  gathered  together  for  parade,  inspection,  exercise,  or 
  the  like  to  come  together  as  parts  of  a  force  or  body;  as 
  his  supporters  mustered  in  force.  ``The  mustering  squadron.'' 
  --Byron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muster  \Mus"ter\,  n.  [OE.  moustre  OF  mostre,  moustre  F. 
  montre,  LL  monstra.  See  {Muster},  v.  t.] 
  1.  Something  shown  for  imitation;  a  pattern.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  A  show  a  display.  [Obs.]  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  3.  An  assembling  or  review  of  troops,  as  for  parade, 
  verification  of  numbers,  inspection,  exercise,  or 
  introduction  into  service. 
 
  The  hurried  muster  of  the  soldiers  of  liberty. 
  --Hawthorne. 
 
  See  how  in  warlike  muster  they  appear,  In  rhombs, 
  and  wedges,  and  half-moons,  and  wings.  --Milton. 
 
  4.  The  sum  total  of  an  army  when  assembled  for  review  and 
  inspection;  the  whole  number  of  effective  men  in  an  army. 
 
  And  the  muster  was  thirty  thousands  of  men. 
  --Wyclif. 
 
  Ye  publish  the  musters  of  your  own  bands,  and 
  proclaim  them  to  amount  of  thousands.  --Hooker. 
 
  5.  Any  assemblage  or  display;  a  gathering. 
 
  Of  the  temporal  grandees  of  the  realm,  mentof  their 
  wives  and  daughters,  the  muster  was  great  and 
  splendid.  --Macaulay. 
 
  {Muster  book},  a  book  in  which  military  forces  are  registred. 
 
 
  {Muster  file},  a  muster  roll. 
 
  {Muster  master}  (Mil.),  one  who  takes  an  account  of  troops, 
  and  of  their  equipment;  a  mustering  officer;  an  inspector. 
  [Eng.] 
 
  {Muster  roll}  (Mil.),  a  list  or  register  of  all  the  men  in  a 
  company,  troop,  or  regiment,  present  or  accounted  for  on 
  the  day  of  muster. 
 
  {To  pass  muster},  to  pass  through  a  muster  or  inspection 
  without  censure. 
 
  Such  excuses  will  not  pass  muster  with  God.  --South. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muster  \Mus"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mustered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Mustering}.]  [OE.  mustren,  prop.,  to  show  OF  mostrer 
  mustrer,  moustrer  monstrer,  F.  montrer,  fr  L.  monstrare  to 
  show  See  {Monster}.] 
  1.  To  collect  and  display;  to  assemble,  as  troops  for  parade, 
  inspection,  exercise,  or  the  like  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  Hence:  To  summon  together;  to  enroll  in  service;  to  get 
  together.  ``Mustering  all  its  force.''  --Cowper. 
 
  All  the  gay  feathers  he  could  muster.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  {To  muster  troops  into  service}  (Mil.),  to  inspect  and  enter 
  troops  on  the  muster  roll  of  the  army. 
 
  {To  muster  troops  out  of  service}  (Mil.),  to  register  them 
  for  final  payment  and  discharge. 
 
  {To  muster  up},  to  gather  up  to  succeed  in  obtaining;  to 
  obtain  with  some  effort  or  difficulty. 
 
  One  of  those  who  can  muster  up  sufficient 
  sprightliness  to  engage  in  a  game  of  forfeits. 
  --Hazlitt. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  muster 
  n  1:  a  gathering  of  military  personnel  for  duty;  "he  was  thrown 
  in  the  brig  for  missing  muster" 
  2:  compulsory  military  service  [syn:  {conscription},  {draft},  {selective 
  service}] 
  v  1:  gather  or  bring  together;  "muster  the  courage  to  do 
  something";  "she  rallied  her  intellect";  "Summon  all 
  your  courage"  [syn:  {rally},  {summon},  {come  up},  {muster 
  up}] 
  2:  call  to  duty,  military  service,  jury  duty,  etc




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