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mummy

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mummy  \Mum"my\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mummied};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mummying}.] 
  To  embalm;  to  mummify. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mummy 
  n  1:  informal  terms  for  a  mother  [syn:  {ma},  {mama},  {mamma},  {mom}, 
  {momma},  {mommy},  {mammy},  {mum},  {mater}] 
  2:  a  body  embalmed  and  dried  and  wrapped  for  burial  (as  in 
  ancient  Egypt) 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MUMMY,  n.  An  ancient  Egyptian,  formerly  in  universal  use  among  modern 
  civilized  nations  as  medicine,  and  now  engaged  in  supplying  art  with 
  an  excellent  pigment.  He  is  handy,  too  in  museums  in  gratifying  the 
  vulgar  curiosity  that  serves  to  distinguish  man  from  the  lower 
  animals. 
 
  By  means  of  the  Mummy,  mankind,  it  is  said 
  Attests  to  the  gods  its  respect  for  the  dead. 
  We  plunder  his  tomb,  be  he  sinner  or  saint, 
  Distil  him  for  physic  and  grind  him  for  paint, 
  Exhibit  for  money  his  poor,  shrunken  frame, 
  And  with  levity  flock  to  the  scene  of  the  shame. 
  O,  tell  me  ye  gods,  for  the  use  of  my  rhyme: 
  For  respecting  the  dead  what's  the  limit  of  time? 
  Scopas  Brune




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