Mummy

['mʌmɪ] or ['mʌmi]

Definition

(noun.) a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt).

Editor: Xenia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

(n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.

(n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

(n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

(n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

(n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.

(v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

Checker: Max

Definition

n. a human body preserved by the Egyptian art of embalming in which wax spices &c. 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-dress having a cotton or silk warp and woollen weft; Mumm′y-wheat a variety of wheat with compound spikes—Triticum compositum.

Checker: Micawber

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. An ancient Egyptian formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy too in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.

Edited by Lizzie

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