1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
The mummery of foreign strollers.
Fenton. 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. Bacon.
Mummichog
(Mum"mi*chog) n. [Amer. Indian name.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small American
cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; — called also minnow.
[Written also mummychog, mummachog.]
Mummification
(Mum`mi*fi*ca"tion) n. [See Mummify.] The act of making a mummy.
Mummified
(Mum"mi*fied) a. Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance
of a mummy; withered.
Mummiform
(Mum"mi*form) a. [Mummy + -form.] Having some resemblance to a mummy; — in zoölogy,
said of the pupæ of certain insects.
Mummify
(Mum"mi*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying ] [Mummy + -
fy: cf. F. momifier.] To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall
Mummy
(Mum"my) n.; pl. Mummies [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. mumiya,
fr. mum 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
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.
Mummy
(Mum"my), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.] To embalm; to mummify.
Mummychog
(Mum"my*chog) n. (Zoöl.) See Mummichog.
Mump
(Mump) v. i. [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh. orig., to whine like a beggar, D.
mompelen to mumble. See Mumble, Mum, and cf. Mumps.]
1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip.
Taylor, 1630. 2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.