n. 1. Solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs. 2. Muscular strength and power. 3. Chiefly British The meat of a boar. 4. Headcheese. [Middle English, muscle, from Old French braon, meat, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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