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 registered. -- 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.
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.
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.
Mus"ti*ly (?), a. In a musty state.
Mus"ti*ness, n. The quality or state of being musty.
Mus"ty (?), a. [Compar. Mustier (?); superl. Mustiest.] [From L. mustum
must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. Must, n., Moist.] 1. Having the rank,
pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin
acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as,
musty corn; musty books. Harvey.