The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord
of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
Shak.
5. (Zoöl.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower
animals. See Stridulation.
Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden
article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made
more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes.
Tennyson. -- Music box. See Musical box, under Musical. -- Music hall,
a place for public musical entertainments. -- Music loft, a gallery for
musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. - - Music of the spheres,
the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the
celestial spheres. -- Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff,
for the use of composers and copyists. -- Music pen, a pen for ruling
at one time the five lines of the musical staff. -- Music shell
(Zoöl.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell (Voluta musica)
found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often
resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly
marked. -- To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity
without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang]
Mu"sic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having
the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to
music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice;
musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
Musical, or Music, box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by
clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. -- Musical fish
(Zoöl.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish,
grunt, gizzard shad, etc. -- Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so
tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical
notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.