Meusien, In a more spécial sensé, pertaining to the

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Département o£ the Meuse, in N. E. France, adjoîning the German f rontier (G^erman Lorraine, cf. p. 7, 1. 14), and representing a portion of the ancient province of French Lorraine — to which in a larger sensé the word may be applied. It is occupied chiefly by the broken and picturesque région of the Argonne (Forêt de l'Argonne), and îs traversed by the River Meuse (from which it takes its name), an important stream of N. E. France, of Belgium, and of HoUand (where it is known as the Maas), emptying into the North Sea. Next to the Bhine the Meuse is the most historié river of Europe, considered under the aspect of the past scènes enacted along its course or in the territory through which it passes.