Mum"my (?), n.; pl. Mummies (#). [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. mmiya, fr. mm 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.
© Webster 1913.
Mum"my, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.]
To embalm; to mummify.
© Webster 1913.