fine sort of cotton cloth, which bears a downy knap on its surface. There are several sorts of muslins brought from the East Indies, and more particularly from Bengal; such as doreas, betelles, mullmus, tanjebs, &c.

Musseenda, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogyne clasps. The corolla is funnel-shaped; it has two thickish stigmas; the berry is oblong, and the seeds are disposed into four series. There is but one species, a native of India.