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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F.
montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.]
1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]
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2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,
verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or
introduction into service.
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The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
--Hawthorne.
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See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
--Milton.
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4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and
inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
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And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
--Wyclif.
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Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and
proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker.
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5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
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Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their
wives and daughters, the muster was great and
splendid. --Macaulay.
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{Muster book}, a book in which military forces are
registered.

{Muster file}, a muster roll.

{Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops,
and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
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{Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a
company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on
the day of muster.

{To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection
without censure.
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Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South.
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Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i.
To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or
the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as,
his supporters mustered in force. "The mustering squadron."
--Byron.
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Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer,
mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to
show. See {Monster}.]
1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade,
inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser.
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2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get
together. "Mustering all its force." --Cowper.
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All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange.
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{To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter
troops on the muster roll of the army.

{To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them
for final payment and discharge.

{To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to
obtain with some effort or difficulty.
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One of those who can muster up sufficient
sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits.
--Hazlitt.
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