mutton ham

A leg of mutton salted and prepared as ham. Law : Wills made by two persons who leave their effects reciprocally to the survivor. ( Wharton .) mu-tu-al-ist, s. [Eng. mutual ; -ist.] Zool .: A name given by Van Beneden to "animals which live on each other without being either parasites or me mates." ( Animal Parasites , ch. iv.) mu-tu-al-It-ỹ, s. [Fr. mutual ité .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The quality or state of being mutual; reciprocation, interchange. "The complete mutuality of adaptation."-Poe: Works (ed. 1864), ii. 197. *2. Interchange of courtesies or familiarities; intimacy. "Interesting reciprocities and mutualities ." -Carlyle : Lett. and Speeches of Cromwell , iii. 171. II. Law : The state of things in which one person being bound to perform some duty or service for another, that other, on his side, is bound to do something for the former. mù-tu-al-lý, adv. [Eng. mutual; -ly.] 1. In a mutual manner, reciprocally; by giving and receiving. *2. In return. "Who mutually hath answered my affection." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 6. *3. In common; conjointly, equally, alike. "Pinch him, fairies, mutually." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 5. mu-tu-ar-ỹ, s. [Lat. mutuarius , from mutuus = exchanged, mutual.] Law : One who borrows personal chattels, to be consumed by him, and returned to the owner in kind. *mu-tu-ā-tion, s. [Lat. mutuatio , from mutua tus , pa. par. of mutuo to borrow; mutuus =exchanged, mutual (q. v.).] 1. The act of exchanging; exchange. "O ble ed mutation, ble ed mutuation." Adams : IMG:content-1519.png:[blocks in formation] mutule