mummock (mum ok)

[Var. of mammock. Cf. mommick.] An old coat fit to put on a scare crow. I haven't a rag or a mummock To fetch me a chop or a steak: I wish that the coats of my stomach Brit., XVII. 21. ppr. mummying . [ Encyc . Brit ., mummy2 mumm (mum'i), n.;; pl. pl. mummies (-iz). [Short for mummychog .] A mummychog. Ma achu- setts Fisheries Report for 1872, p. 51. mummy-case (mum'i-kās), n. In Egyptian ar- chæol ., a case of wood or cartonnage in which a mummy was inclosed, having as nearly as pos- sible the shape of the mummy, and carved and painted so as to represent the dead person. The mummy-cases of the rich were often very elaborately painted and inlaid, and were inclosed in a second outer case of wood, or a sarcophagus of stone, the latter being quently rectangular. See cut in next column. Were such as my uncle would take. T. Hood . sometimes also of the form of the mummy, but more fre mummy (mum'i), n.; pl. mummies (-iz). [For mummy chog (mum'i-chog), n. [Amer. Ind. merly also mummie, mummee; in late ME. mo myn, momyan (def. 2); =D. G. Sw. Dan. mumie, Hind. momiyai), a mummy (Hind. also a medicine), Pers. müm, > Hind. mom ), wax (used in embalming); cf. Coptic mum, bitumen, gum-resin.] 1. A dead human body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptian preparation for burial. An immense number of mummies are found in Egypt, consisting not only of human bodies, but of those of various ani mummachog.] A salt-water minnow, the com Mummychog ( Fundulus majalis). mon killifish, Fundulus hetero clit us; also, one of numerous other small cyprinodonts, killifishes or top-minnows. See killifish. Also written IMG:content-1099.png:[merged small][graphic] IMG:content-1100.png:[graphic] Mummy-case of Kha-Hor, between two others. Boulak Museum, Cairo, Egypt. mummachog, mummichog, mammichug, mammy chug. chug mummy-cloth mummy-cloth (mum'i-kloth), n. 1. Cloth in which mummies are enveloped, a fabric as to the material of which there is some dispute, but which is generally admitted to be linen.-2. A modern textile fabric made to some extent in imitation of the ancient fabric, and used especially as a foundation for embroidery.-3. A fabric resembling crape, having the warp of the footton used mourning when black on account of its lusterle surface. Also momie- cloth. mummy-wheat (mum'i-hwēt), n. A variety of wheat, originally considered a distinct species, Triticum compos i tum, cultivated in Egypt and Aby in i a, and to some extent elsewhere. It has been raised from grains found in mummy-cases - probably placed there, however, by fraud. mump1 (mump), v. [ And when he's crost or sullen any way, He mumps , and lowres, and hangs the lip, they say. John Taylor , Works (1630). ( Nares .) When they come with their counterfeit looks, and mump ing tones, think them players. Lamb , Decay of Beggars. 2. To nibble; chew; munch, or move the jaw as if munching. Aged mumping beldames. Nash , Terrors of the Night. Spend but a quarter so much time in mumping upon Gabriel ism. Nash , Dedication to Haue with you to Saffron-Walden. 3. To chatter; make mouths; grin like an ape. Ter. The tailor will run mad upon my life for 't. Ped. How he mumps and bridles; he will ne'r cut clothes again. Fletcher and Rowley , Maid in the Mill, iii. 1. 4. To implore alms in a low muttering tone; play the beggar; hence, to deceive; practise imposture. And then went mumping with a sore leg, and whining. Doubtle his church will be no hospital For superannuate forms and mumping shams. canting Burke. Lowell, The Cathedral. II. trans. 1. To utter with a low, indistinct voice; chatter unintelligibly. Who mump their pa ion, and who, grimly smiling, Still thus addre the fair with voice beguiling. Goldsmith, Epilogue Spoken by Mrs. Buckley and [Mi Catley. 2. To munch; chew: as, to mump food. She sunk to the earth as dead as a doore naile, and never mumpt crust after. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe. 3. To overreach. What, you laugh, I warrant, to think how the young Baggage and you will mump the poor old Father; but if all her Dependance for a Fortune be upon the Father, he may chance to mump you both and spoil the Jest. Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master, iii. 1. mump2 (mump), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. A protuberance; a lump. [Prov. Eng.]-2. Any great knotty piece of wood; a root. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] IMG:content-1101.png:[blocks in formation] mumpish (mum'pish), a. [ mumpishly (mum'pish-li), adv . In a mumpish manner; dully; sullenly. mumpishne (mum'pish-nes), n . The state of being mumpish; sullenne . mumps (mumps), n . pl . (also used as sing .). [Pl. of * mump1 , n., mump1 , v. Cf. mump2 .] 1. Sul- lenne ; silent displeasure; sulks. [Rare.] The Sunne was so in his mumps uppon it, that it was al mun1 (mun), n. [ mun , prob. mun = Dan. mund = G. mund= D.mond = E. mouth: see mouth .] The mouth. One a penny, two a penny, hot cro buns, Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns . Popular rime , quoted by Hall i well. mun2, v. A variant of moun2, maun -that is, must. [Now only provincial.] maunchen , var. of maungen, mangen , eat: see mange, v. For the relation of munch to maunch1 , ef. that of crunch to craunch .] I. trans. To chew deliberately or continuously; masticate audi- bly; champ. And some wolde munche hire mete al all one. Chaucer , Troilus, i. 915. I could munch your good dry oats. Shak ., M. N. D., iv. 1. 36. Muncke battery. A galvanic battery the plates of which are in the form of a horseshoe with one zinc and one copper arm soldered together. These are placed in such a manner as mutually to inter- lock on a frame which is immersed in a trough of acidu- lated solution. mund1t, n. [AS.: see mound1 ] In Anglo -Saxon law , protection; security. Compare mundium . mund2+ (mund), n. [ mundus , world: see mound2.] A globe or ball: same as mound2 . Another angel, nimbed, supporting in his muffled hand a mund or ball surmounted by a double transomed cro . Rock , Church of our Fathers, i. 258. mundane (mun'dan), a. and n. [In ME. mon- dain, mondain , F. mondain = Sp. Pg. mundano = It. mondano ; mundanus , be- longing to the world, mundus , the world, mundus , adorned, elegant, clean; cf.cosmos1.] I. a . 1. Belonging to this world; worldly; terres- trial; earthly: as, this mundane sphere; mun- dane existence. The pompous wealth renouncing of mondain glory. Rob. of Gloucester , p. 579, App. No. 2. I, King Pericles, have lost This queen, worth all our mundane cost. A sight... fitted for meditation on the volatility of mundane things. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 96. 2. In astrol ., relating to the horizon, and not to the ecliptic. Thus, mundane parallels are small circles parallel to the horizon; mundane aspects are dif- ferences of azimuth amounting to some simple aliquot part of the circle. But the mundane aspects are calcu- lated in such violation of the truths of trigonometry as to leave room for dispute as to what is intended. - Mun- II. n. A dweller in this world. By the shyppe we may vnderstande ye folyes and er- roures that the mondaynes are in, by the se this presente worlde. Prol. to Watson's tr. of Ship of Fools. mundanely (mun'dan-li), adv . In a mundane manner; with reference to worldly things. mundanity (mun-dan'i-ti), n. [= F. mon- dan ité = It. mondanità , mundanita (t-)s, love of the world, mundanus , of the world: see mundane . ] The quality of being mundane; worldline ; worldly feelings; the way of the mundify (mun'di-fi), v.; pret. and pp. mundi- fied , ppr. mundifying . [F. mondifier = Sp. Pg. mundificar = It. mon dif i care , ficare , cleanse, mundus , clean, + facere , make.] I. trans . To cleanse; make clean; pu- rify. Here mercury, here hellebore, Old ulcers mundifying . Whatever stains were theirs, let them reside In that pure place, and they were mundified . latter] led to the fear that a new serfdom might arise. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. cx. mundivagant (mun-div'a-gant), a. [L. mun- dus , the world (see mundane ), + vag an ( t- ) s , ppr. of vagari , wander: see vagrant . ] Wandering over the world. J. Philips. [Rare.] mundul (mun'dul), n. Same as mandil2 . mundungot, mundungust (mun-dung'gō, -gus), n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo , paunch, tripes, black- pudding.] Tobacco made up into a black roll. With these mundungo's , and a breath that smells Like standing pools in subterranean cells. mundatory (mun'da-to-ri), a. and n. [ mundatorius , belonging to cleansing, v . t . [L. muneratus , dat or , a cleanser, mundare , pp. mundatus , cleanse: see mundation .] I.t a. Having pow- er to cleanse; cleansing. Bailey , 1727. [Rare.] II. n.; pl. mundatories (-riz). Same as puri- ficator . mund-byrdt (AS. pron. münd'bürd), n. [AS. (= OS. mundburd = OHG. mundiburd ), protec- tion, patronage, aid, a fine (see def.), byrd , beran , bear: see bear1 and for securing protection. birth .] In early Eng . hist ., a fee or fine paid munga (mung'ga), n. Same as bonnet - macaque . mungcorn (mung'kôrn), n. Same as mangcorn . In the laws of Ethelbert the king's mundbyrd is fixed mungeet, n. See munjeet . at fifty shillings. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 71. mungol (mung'go), n. [Perhaps mung , mong, mundic (mun'dik), n. [Corn.] Iron pyrites, either pyrite or marcasite, and including also arsenical pyrites, or arsenopyrite, which is sometimes called arsenical mundic . There are mines of silver mixed with copper at Kuten berg, to the west of Prague, in which there is a crystal that is thought to be Flores cupri; they find likewise both white and yellow mundic , and formerly they had antimony there. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 239. mungo East Indian plant, Ophiorhiza Mungos, whose roots are a reputed cure for snake-bites. See mongoos. mungofa (mun-go'fä), n. The gopher, a kind of tortoise. The flesh of the gopher, or mungofa , as it is also called, Encyc. Brit ., Χ. is considered excellent eating.