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Must(e, Moist, Muist, n. Also: mwst, moyst. [Sc. var. of Musk n.¹: cf. OF. must var. of musc Musk n.¹] Musk.(a) 1507 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 81.
To the frere of Farrara that brocht the must to the King 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 148.
Aromatik gummys … Must, myr, aloes a1568 Bannatyne MS 34 a/61.
Mwst 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 319 b.
Half ane dram of must euill sauorit(b) 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 83.
A collare of cassedonis with a grete hinger of moist 1502 Ib. II. 39.
Ane unce of moyst(c) 1578 Waus Corr. 192.
For my wylecoit of furring … ye sall gar put it in fyne muist in to my tablatt a1605 Montg. Flyt. 15 (H).
Thy smell was so fell, and stronger nor muist 1587 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII. 246 b.
Ane vnce & ane groitt wecht of muist estimat to the sowme of xxx lib. 1619 Ib. L. 263 b.
Of powderis muist and sivot 1621 Ib. LI. 76 b.

b. (In plur.) ? A small bag or other container filled with musk: cf. c below. 1506–7 Treasurer's Accounts III. 363.
xvj mustes, xij baggis powdir violet, vj pair gluffis, ane yvor kame 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 361.
A looking glase, 2 litle boxes for holding of womens musts

c. Attrib. in must-ball (= a pomander), -bede, -dyall: cf. b above. 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 81.
A purs maid of perle, in it a moist ball, a pyn of gold 1488 Ib. 86.
A pare of curale bedis and a grete muste ball 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XIII. 83.
Ane must ball of siluer ourgilt — 1587 Argyll Fam. Lett. 75.
Ane pair of muist beidis of gold 1588 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII. 256. 1643 Ib. LX. 240.
Ane dossane of pair of blak muist beidis estimat all to xij lib. — 1628 Ib. LIV. 348 b.
To Robert Sander my gold muist dyell