About The Word Mummy
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Mummy
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What's The Definition Of Mummy?
[n] a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
[n] informal terms for a mother Synonyms | Synonyms for Mummy: ma | mama | mamma | mammy | mater | mom | momma | mommy | mum Related Terms | Find terms related to Mummy: ashes | biscuit | body | bone | bones | cadaver | carcass | carrion | clay | corpse | corpus delicti | cracker | crowbait | dam | dead body | dead man | dead person | decedent | dry bones | dry up | dust | earth | embalmed corpse | food for worms | foster mother | genetrix | late lamented | ma | mam | mama | mammy | mater | materfamilias | maternal ancestor | matriarch | mom | mommy | mortal remains | mother | mummification | mummify | old lady | organic remains | parchment | relics | reliquiae | remains | shrivel | skeleton | stepmother | stick | stiff | tenement of clay | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the loved one | the old woman | welter | wilt | wizen See Also | body | dead body | female parent | mother Mummy In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Mum"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mummied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mummying}.] To embalm; to mummify. |
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