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mummies |
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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