2. (Zoöl.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; — said of certain shells, as the chitons.
Multiversant
(Mul*tiv"er*sant) a. [Multi- + L. versans, p. pr. See Versant.] Turning into many shapes; assuming
many forms; protean.
Multivious
(Mul*tiv"i*ous) a. & adv. [L. multivius; multus many + via way.] Having many ways or
roads; by many ways. [Obs.]
Multivocal
(Mul*tiv"o*cal) a. [Multi- + vocal.] Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.
"An ambiguous multivocal word." Coleridge.
— n. A multivocal word. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.
Multocular
(Mul*toc"u*lar) a. [Multi- + L. oculus eye.] Having many eyes, or more than two.
Multum
(Mul"tum) n. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize
malt and hops. Craig.
Hard multum, a preparation made from Cocculus Indicus, etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality
to beer.
Multungulate
(Mul*tun"gu*late) a. [Multi- + ungulate.] Having many hoofs.
Multure
(Mul"ture) n. [OF. multure, moulture, F. mouture, fr. L. molitura a grinding, molere to grind.
See Mill the machine.]
1. (Scots Law) The toll for grinding grain. Erskine.
2. A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
Mum
(Mum) a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.] Silent; not speaking. Thackeray.
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word.
Shak. Mum
(Mum), interj. Be silent! Hush!
Mum, then, and no more.
Shak. Mum
(Mum), n. Silence. [R.] Hudibras.
Mum
(Mum), n. [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.] A sort of strong
beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison.
The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum.
Pope.
