Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mummies"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mummy \Mum"my\, n.; pl. {Mummies}. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg.
momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m?miy[=a], fr. m?m 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.


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