multurer

[Eng. multur (e); -er.] One who has his grain ground at a particular mill. There are two cla es of multures: (1) Those who are astricted by the terms on which they hold their lands to certain mill, and known as insucken multurers; and (2) those who are not bound to use rticular mill, and known as out sucken mul turerc. mum, *mom, 1., interj. & 8. [An imitative word.] A. As adj.: Silent, not speaking. "I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, For how could we do without sugar and rum?" Cowper: Pity for Poor Africans. B. As interj.: An interjection impre ing silence. "Mum! then, and no more." -Shakesp .: Tempest , iii. 2. *C. As subst.: Silence. *mum-budget, s. An expre iom impre ing silence and secrecy. "Nor did I ever winch or grudge it For thy dear sake. Quoth she, mum -budget." Butler: Hudibras , i. 3. *mum-chance, s. 1. One who stands, as though dumb, and without a word to say for himself. 2. Silence. 3. A game of hazard with cards or dice. mum, s . [Ger. mum me , said to be so called after Christian Mumme, by whom it was first brewed at Brunswick in 1492; Dut. mom me.] A kind of malt liquor much used in Germany, and brewed of the malt of wheat with a little oat and bean meal added. "The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum." Pope: Dunciad, ii. 385.