Definition of Mumy
Mum"my (mŭm"m&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Mummies (#). [F. momie; cf. Sp. &
Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per.
mūmiyā, fr. mūm wax.]
1. 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.
Bacon.
2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.]
Sir. J. Hill.
3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed
flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal
properties. [Obs.] Shak. Sir T. Herbert.
4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See
Mummy brown (below).
5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in
grafting, etc.
6. One whose affections and energies are
withered.
Mummy brown, a brown color, nearly
intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of
this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian
tombs. -- Mummy wheat (Bot.), wheat
found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes
that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern
times. -- To beat to a mummy, to beat to a
senseless mass; to beat soundly.
Mum"my, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mummied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mummying.] To embalm; to mummify.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MUMMY, 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.
By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
Scopas Brune
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- An embalmed corpse, especially one prepared for burial by the ancient Egyptians.
- (British) A child's term for mother.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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