Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MUSHET. Geol. In phr. Mushet's blackband, a type of blackband ironstone common in Lanarkshire and valuable in smelting.
[After David Mushet (1772–1847), of Dalkeith, metallurgist, who discovered its applicability c.1800.]
