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MUSKY, adj. Rotten, crumbling with decay, mouldering.Edb. 1753 Session Papers, Laing v. Lord Chief Baron Idle (28 June) 6:
The whole [roof] thereof was rotten and musky.Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 37:
Their pouther'd wigs, auld Scotland's brag, . Unlockert hing on musky nag.
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