mutual promises

pl. Concurrent considerations which will support each other, unle one or the other be void; as, when one man promises to pay money to another, and he, in consideration thereof, promises to do a certain act, . Mutual promises, to be obligatory, must be simultaneous. ( Wharton.) *mutual-system, s. The monitorial system. mutual-testament, s. verb.) IMG:content-1518.png:[blocks in formation] mut-ter-ing-lý, adv . [Eng. muttering: -ly.] In a muttering manner, indistinctly; without distinct articulation. ( Poe : Tale of the Ragged Mount ains .) *mut-ter-ous, a. [Eng. mutter; -ous.] Muttering, buzzing. "Toyle with mutterous humbling." Stanyhurst: Virgil's Æneid, i. 414. mut-ton, *mol-ton, *mot-en, *mot-on, *motone, *mot-oun, *mut-ten, s. [O. Fr. mot on , mol ton (Fr. mouton ), from Low Lat. moltonem , acc us. of multo a sheep, a gold coin; a word of Celtic origin. Cf. Ir. & Manx. molt ; Gael. mult : Wel. mollt ; Bret. maout =a wether, a sheep ( Skeat ); Low Lat. multo is by others derived from Lat. mutilus=maimed, mutilated.] I. Literally : 1. A sheep. ( Cowper : Needle Alarm .) 2. The flesh of sheep, raw or cooked for food. *II. Figuratively: 1. An English gold coin of the reign of Henry V., value $3.60. It was so called from its bearing the impre ion of a lamb, with the legend, Agnus Dei qui toll is peccata mundi , miserere nob is (Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us). "A French mutton for every hide I have spoiled." Scott: Fair Maid of Perth, i. 112. 2. A prostitute; a woman of easy virtue. [LACED MUTTON.]