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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mush

Mush, n. [Perh. short for mush on, a corrupt of E. marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.] A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; — also used attributively. [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.]

Mush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mushing.] To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. — v. t. To cause to travel or journey. [Rare] [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.]

Mush, v. t. To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.