mutuality (mutual it i)

[F. mutual ité; as mutual -ity.] 1. The state or quality of being mutual; reciprocity; interchange. Thus, a contract that has no consideration is said to be void for want of mutuality. There is no sweeter taste of friendship than the coupling of souls in this mutuality , either of condoling or comforting. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. IMG:content-1148.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2t. Interchange of acts or expre ions of affection or kindne ; familiarity. When these mutualities so marshal the way, hard at hand comes the master and main exercise. Shak ., Othello, ii. 1. 267. Is 't po ible the lord Hipolito, whose face is as civil as the outside of a dedicatory book, should be a mutton monger? Dekker and Middle ton , Honest Whore, ii. mutton-thumper (mut'n-thum" pėr), n. A bun deeper mutualities . gling bookbinder. [Slang, Eng.] Slang Engl muttony (mut'n-i), a. [ [ F. mutuel (= Sp. mu tual ), with suffix -el , E. -al , mutu = Sp . mútuo = Pg. It. mutuo , mutuus , reciprocal, in exchange, borrowed, mutare , change, exchange: see mute2 .] 1. Reciprocally given and received; pertaining alike or reciprocally to both sides; interchanged: as, mutual love; to entertain a mutual aversion. To take away all such mutual grievances, injuries, and wrongs, there was no way but only by growing unto com- position and agreement amongst themselves. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, i. 10. A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak., T. v. 1. 160. And many were found to kill one an other with mutuall Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 158. combats. Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight? Which must be mutual , in proportion due Given and received. Milton , P. L., viii. 385. We... do conceive it our bounden duty, without delay, to enter into a present consociation amongst ourselves for mutual help and strength in all future concernment. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 122. Who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation against the creditors of the Nabob of Arcot. Burke, Nabob of Arcot's Debts. His kindne es seldom exceed courtesies. He loves not Bp . Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Plausible Man. mutually (mu tū-al-i), adv . 1. In a mutual manner; reciprocally; in a manner of giving and receiving. muzzle