Mummy

mum′i, n. a human body preserved by the Egyptian art of embalming, in which wax, spices, . were employed: a kind of wax used in grafting: a brown pigment: ( obs. ) a medicinal gum.— v.t. to embalm and dry as a mummy:— pr.p. mumm′ying; pa.p. mumm′ied. — n. Mummificā′tion .— adj. Mumm′iform .— v.t. Mumm′ify , to make into a mummy: to embalm and dry as a mummy:— pr.p. mumm′ifying; pa.p. mumm′ified. — ns. Mumm′y-case , a case of wood or cartonnage for an Egyptian mummy; Munny-cloth , the linen cloth in which a mummy was wrapped: a modern fabric resembling it, used as a basis for embroidery: a fabric like crape for mourning-dre , having a cotton or silk warp and woollen weft; Mumm′y-wheat , a variety of wheat with compound spikes— Triticum compos i tum . [O. Fr. mumie —It. mummia —Ar. and Pers. múmáyin , a mummy—Pers. móm , wax.]