The Collaborative International Dictionary
Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
Musical box, or Music box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.
Musical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.
Usage examples of "musical glasses".
This wooden mallet is the cork, and I'm the professor of musical glasses--tap, tap!
This wooden mallet is the cork, and I'm the professor of musical glasses—.
It might have been, on analysis, nothing more than Shakespeare and the musical glasses.