Definition of Muton
Mut"ton (?), n. [OE. motoun, OF.
moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL.
multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus
mutilated. See Mutilate.] 1. A
sheep. [Obs.] Chapman.
Not so much ground as will feed a
mutton. Sir H. Sidney.
Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words
for the living quadrupeds. Hallam.
2. The flesh of a sheep.
The fat of roasted mutton or beef.
Swift.
3. A loose woman; a prostitute.
[Obs.]
Mutton bird (Zoöl.), the
Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus). --
Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with
the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. --
Mutton fish (Zoöl.), the American
eelpout. See Eelpout. -- Mutton fist,
a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] Dryden. --
Mutton monger, a pimp. [Low & Obs.]
Chapman. -- To return to one's muttons. [A
translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons
à nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return
to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous]
I willingly return to my muttons.
H. R. Haweis.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MUTTON. In her mutton, i.e. having carnal knowledge of a
woman.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- The flesh of sheep used as food.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Deaf.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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