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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mummy  \Mum"my\,  n.;  pl  {Mummies}.  [F.  momie;  cf  Sp  &  Pg 
  momia,  It  mummia  all  fr  Per.  m?miy[=a],  fr  m?m  wax.] 
  1.  A  dead  body  embalmed  and  dried  after  the  manner  of  the 
  ancient  Egyptians;  also  a  body  preserved,  by  any  means 
  in  a  dry  state,  from  the  process  of  putrefaction.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  Dried  flesh  of  a  mummy.  [Obs.]  --Sir.  J.  Hill. 
 
  3.  A  gummy  liquor  that  exudes  from  embalmed  flesh  when 
  heated;  --  formerly  supposed  to  have  magical  and  medicinal 
  properties.  [Obs.]  --Shak.  --Sir  T.  Herbert. 
 
  4.  A  brown  color  obtained  from  bitumen.  See  {Mummy  brown} 
  (below). 
 
  5.  (Gardening)  A  sort  of  wax  used  in  grafting,  etc 
 
  6.  One  whose  affections  and  energies  are  withered. 
 
  {Mummy  brown},  a  brown  color,  nearly  intermediate  in  tint 
  between  burnt  umber  and  raw  umber.  A  pigment  of  this  color 
  is  prepared  from  bitumen,  etc.,  obtained  from  Egyptian 
  tombs. 
 
  {Mummy  wheat}  (Bot.),  wheat  found  in  the  ancient  mummy  cases 
  of  Egypt.  No  botanist  now  believes  that  genuine  mummy 
  wheat  has  been  made  to  germinate  in  modern  times. 
 
  {To  beat  to  a  mummy},  to  beat  to  a  senseless  mass;  to  beat 
  soundly. 




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