mussuck
/ˈmʌsək/
mussuck noun: an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.
Noun
mussuck (plural mussucks)
- an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.
- In that form of sunstroke where the person is struck down suddenly by a hot sun, the patient should be removed into the shade, and the douche of cold water being allowed to fall in a stream on the head and body, from a pump (or, as in India, from the mussuck, or other similar contrivance should be...1876 Joseph Fayrer, The London Medical Record vol. 4 page 183 = The Practitioner vol. 16 page 183
- We had what was to us an extraordinary and fascinating experience in this trip of going down the Ravi River through strong rapids on mussucks, or inflated cowskins, and it was indeed a delightful river voyage of fifty miles through splendid hill scenery.1907, Owen Tudor Burne, Memories, London: Edward Arnold, page 125
mussuck meaning in Tamil and Punjabi
mussuck in Tamil
- தோல் நீர்ப்பை
mussuck in Punjabi
- mussuck, waterskin
- ਮਸ਼ਕ maśak
Forms of mussuck
| plural | mussucks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mussick |
| alternative form | mussock |
Origin of mussuck
From Urdu مشک (maśak) / Hindi मशक (maśak), from Persian مشک (mašk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mšk' /mašk/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐏁𐎣𐎠 (m-š-k-a /maškā/), via Aramaic or another descendant of Proto-Semitic *mašk- (“skin”).
Words that rhyme with mussuck
Questions about mussuck
- What does mussuck mean?
- Mussuck means an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.
- What is mussuck in Tamil?
- Mussuck in Tamil is தோல் நீர்ப்பை. See Mussuck meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mussuck?
- Mussuck is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mussuck?
- Mussuck is pronounced /ˈmʌsək/.
- What is the plural of mussuck?
- The plural of mussuck is mussucks.
Words near mussuck in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mussuck (page history and authors); mussuck (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਸ਼ਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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