Muster, subst. 1) a review of troops under arms: “let us take a m. speedily,” H4A IV, 1, 133.
2) a levy of troops: make fearful --s and prepared defence, H4B Ind. H4A IV, 1, 133 “defences, --s, preparations should be maintained,” H5 II, 4, 18. “hasten his --s and conduct his powers,” Lr. IV, 2, 16.
3) troops under arms: “our present --s grow upon the file to five and twenty thousand men,” H4B I, 3, 10. “the m. of his kingdom too faint a number,” H5 III, 6, 139. “his eyes, that o'er the files and --s of the war have glowed like plated Mars,” Ant. I, 1, 3.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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