Muscovy

[ muhs-kuh-vee ]

/ ˈmʌs kə vi /

noun

Also called Grand Duchy of Muscovy. a principality founded c1271 and centered on the ancient city of Moscow. Its rulers gradually gained control over the neighboring Great Russian principalities and established the Russian Empire under the czars.

Archaic. Moscow.

Archaic. Russia.

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Examples from the Web for muscovy

Every where near the road lay spar full of talc, or Muscovy glass, glittering in the sun.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn
Poultry was rated by the dozen long after the Civil War, with a higher charge for Muscovy than for ordinary ducks.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
Clean a Muscovy duck, season with salt and pepper, and stuff with a piece of celery and two shallots chopped very fine.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book|Victor Hirtzler
This is the medival name for mica, but in Elizabethan times known as talc or muscovy stone.
On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth|William Gilbert of Colchester

All of these breeds with the exception of the Call, Muscovy and Runner consist of a single variety.
Ducks and Geese|Harry M. Lamon

British Dictionary definitions for muscovy

Muscovy

/ (ˈmʌskəvɪ) /

noun

a Russian principality (13th to 16th centuries), of which Moscow was the capital

an archaic name for Russia, Moscow

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Word Origin and History for muscovy

Muscovy

from French Moscovie, from Modern Latin Moscovia, old name of Russia, from Russian Moskova "(Principality of) Moscow." In Muscovy duck (1650s) and certain other uses it is a corruption of musk. Related: Muscovite.