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Mucin (mūsĭn), n. [From .] 1. (Bot. Chem.) See . [Obs.]
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2. (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of high molecular weight glycoproteins which are contained in mucus, and give to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. They are found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. They form viscous solutions and serve to provide lubrication for movement within body cavities, and some protection of surfaces. See Illust. of .
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Mucinogen (m�sĭn�jĕn), n. [Mucin + -gen.] (Physiol.) Same as .
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Muciparous (m�sĭpȧrŭs), a. [Mucus + L. parere to produce.] (Physiol.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
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Mucivore (mūsĭvōr), n. [L. mucus slime, mucus + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
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Muck (mŭk), adv. Abbreviation of Amuck.
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Coloq. To run a muck . See .
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Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. mög. Cf. .] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.
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2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
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3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.
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4. Money; -- in contempt.
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The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl.
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5. (Mining) The unwanted material, especially rock or soil, that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore; also, the unwanted material after being excavated or crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste pile. In the latter sense, also called a .
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Coloq. Muck bar , bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. -- Coloq. Muck iron , crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight. Coloq. muck pile see in the vocabulary.
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muck, a. Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
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muck, v. t. To manure with muck.
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muck, v. i. & t. To excavate and remove muck{5}. Often used with out, as, to muck out a round.
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. . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours. http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/apr00/page10.asp
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Muckender (mŭkĕndẽr), n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. .] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]
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Mucker (mŭkẽr), n. A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person. [Slang]
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mucker (mŭkẽr), n. (Construction) An excavating machine designed to remove particulate material from within a confined area, as in a tunnel or mine.
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Mucker, v. t. To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.] Udall.
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Muckerer (mŭkẽrẽr), n. A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]
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Muckiness (mŭk�nĕs), n. The quality of being mucky.
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Muckle (mŭkk'l), a. [See .] Much. [Obs.]
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Muckmidden (mŭkmĭdd'n), n. A dunghill. [Scot.]
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muck pile (mŭk pīl), n. 1. (Construction) The broken material at the face of a tunnel being bored, after being crushed by blasting.
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2. (Mining) Muck{5} that has been placed in a spoil area.
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Muck rake. A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See , v. i., below. [obs.]
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muckrake (mŭkrāk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. -raked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -raking (?).] To seek for, expose, or charge, especially habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on “The Man with the Muck Rake,” in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to , in the above sense, and the noun muckraker, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's “Pilgrim's Progress” so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him.
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muckraker (mŭkrākẽr), n. A person who habitually muckrakes.
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Mucksy (mŭks�), a. Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R. D. Blackmore.
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Muckworm (mŭkwûrm), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
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2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. “Misers are muckworms.” Pope.
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Mucky (mŭk�), a. 1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. “Mucky filth.” Spenser.
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2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Mucky money and false felicity. Latimer.
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Mucocele (?), n. [Mucus + Gr. khlh tumor.] (Med.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison.
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Mucoid (?), a. [Mucus + -oid.] Resembling mucus. Dunglison.
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Coloq. Mucoid degeneration , a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. Quain.
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Mucoid (?), n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
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Muconate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of muconic acid.
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Muconic (?), a. [Mucic + itaconic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (C6H6O4, 2-4-hexadienedoic acid), obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid. Various other means of synthesis have been reported.
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Mucopurulent (?), a. [Mucus + purulent.] (Med.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.
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Mucor (?), prop. n. [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
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Mucorales prop. n. An order of mostly saprophytic fungi.
Syn. -- order Mucorales.
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mucosa n. The mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior; called also mucous membrane.
Syn. -- mucous membrane.
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Mucosity (?), n. The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.
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Mucous (?), a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
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2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
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Coloq. Mucous membrane . (Anat.) See under . -- Coloq. Mucous patches (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. -- Coloq. Mucous tissue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.
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Mucousness, n. The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.
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Mucro (?), n. [L.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
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{ Mucronate (?), Mucronated (?), } a. [L. mucronatus, fr. mucro a sharp point: cf. F. mucroné.] Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. -- Mucronately, adv.
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Mucronulate (?), a. Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.
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Muculent (?), a. [L. muculentus, fr. mucus.] Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.
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Mucus (mūkŭs), n. [L. mucus, muccus; cf. mucere to be moldy or musty, Gr. myxa mucus, and Skr. muc to release. Cf. for striking fire, , .] 1. (Physiol.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
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2. (Physiol.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.
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3. (Bot.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algæ and other plants.
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Mucusin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) Mucin. [R.]
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Mud (mŭd), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Coloq. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Coloq. Mud bath , an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Coloq. Mud boat , a large flatboat used in dredging. -- Coloq. Mud cat . See in the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Mud crab (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. -- Coloq. Mud dab (Zoöl.), the winter flounder. See , and . -- Coloq. Mud dauber (Zoöl.), a mud wasp; the . -- Coloq. Mud devil (Zoöl.), the fellbender. -- Coloq. Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. -- Coloq. Mud eel (Zoöl.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See . -- Coloq. Mud frog (Zoöl.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus). -- Coloq. Mud hen . (Zoöl.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail. -- Coloq. Mud lark , a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] -- Coloq. Mud minnow (Zoöl.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels. -- Coloq. Mud plug , a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. -- Coloq. Mud puppy (Zoöl.), the menobranchus. -- Coloq. Mud scow , a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Mud turtle , Coloq. Mud tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. -- Coloq. Mud wasp (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepæus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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Mud, v. t. 1. To bury in mud. [R.] Shak.
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2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak.
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Mudar (?), n. [Hind. madār.] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and Calotropis procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally. [Also spelled madar and muddar.]
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Mudarin (?), n. (Chem.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.
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mudcat, mud cat n. A large catfish (Pylodictus olivaris, formerly Leptops olivaris) of the central U. S. having a flattened head and projecting jaw.
Syn. -- flathead catfish, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris.
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mud-dauber, mud dauber (?), n. A wasp of the family Sphegidae (Sphecidae) which builds a nest of mud and stores insects and spiders in it; a digger-wasp.
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mud-crab, mud crab (?), n. A crab of the genus Panopœus (also written Panopeus).
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Muddily (?), adv. In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.
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Mudder (?), n. 1. a racehorse that exhibits a better than usual performance when the racetrack is wet or muddy.
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2. An athlete who performs better than his/her average under muddy conditions.
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Muddiness, n. 1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
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2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.
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Muddle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muddling (?).] [From .] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.]
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He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.
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2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
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Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley.
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Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot.
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3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.]
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They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. Hazlitt.
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4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. F. W. Newman.
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Muddle, v. i. 1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] Swift.
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2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
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Muddle, n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
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We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens.
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Muddlehead (?), n. A stupid person; a blunderer. [Colloq.] C. Reade. -- Muddle-headed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens.
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Muddler (?), n. One who, or that which, muddles.
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Muddy (?), a. [Compar. Muddier (?); superl. Muddiest.] 1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
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2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
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3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
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This muddy vesture of decay. Shak.
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4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
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Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke.
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Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.
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5. Not clear or bright. Swift.
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Muddy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muddying (?).] 1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
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2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse. Grew.
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Muddy-headed (?), a. Dull; stupid.
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Muddy-mettled (?), a. Dull-spirited. Shak.
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Mudfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European loach. (b) The bowfin (Amia calva). (c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See . (d) The mud minnow, a fish of the genus Umbra or family Umbridae. (e) any fish which lives in muddy waters, such as the , a killifish.
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Mudhole (?), n. 1. A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.
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2. (Steam Boilers) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.
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Mudir (?), n. Same as .
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Mudsill (?), n. 1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See .
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2. Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term of opprobrium or contempt. [Southern U. S.]
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Mudsucker (?), n. (Zoöl.) A woodcock.
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Mudwall (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European bee-eater. See . [Written also modwall.]
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Mudwort (?), n. (Bot.) A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).
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Mue (mū), v. i. To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles.
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muesli (mūsl� or mūzl�) n. A mixture of untoasted dry cereals, nuts, and fruits, eaten mostly as a breakfast cereal; -- of Swiss origin.
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muezzin (m�ĕzzĭn), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer; the Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day. [Written also mouezzin, mueddin, muazzin, mu'adhdhin, and muwazzin.]
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Muff (mŭf), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw. muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D. mouw, and E. muffle, v.] 1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
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2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
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3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] “A muff of a curate.” Thackeray.
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5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
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6. (Zoöl.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
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Muff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing.] To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
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Muffetee (?), n. A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Muffin (?), n. [From .] A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
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Muffineer (?), n. A dish for keeping muffins hot.
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Muffish (?), a. [See , 4 & 5.] Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]
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Muffle (mŭff'l), n. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
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Muffle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling (?).] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See .] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment. Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition. Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock; to muffle the exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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Muffle, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.] To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
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Muffle, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See , v. t., .] 1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
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2. (Metal.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
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3. (Ceramics) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
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4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. Knight.
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muffled adj. 1. same as ; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street.
Syn. -- dull, muted, softened.
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2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as, children muffled almost to the eyebrows.
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Muffler (?), n. 1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.
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Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her eyes. Shak.
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2. (Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
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3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.
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4. One who muffles.
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5. (Mach.) Any of various devices to deaden the noise of escaping gases or vapors, as a tube filled with obstructions, through which the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, are passed (called also silencer).
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Muflon (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Mufti (?), n.; pl. Muftis (#). [Ar. mufti.] 1. An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
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2. One of the chief legal advisers to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
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mufti, n. Ordinary civilian dress when worn by persons who serve in a uniformed service, such as the military or police. It originally was used in reference to British naval or military officers, and originated with the British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]
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Mug (mŭg), n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.] 1. A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
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2. The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug again; -- often used contemptuously. [Slang] Thackeray.
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mug (mŭg), v. t. To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun. To rob a person or a business indoors is not usually referred to as to mug, but to stick up or hold up.
Syn. -- rob, stick up
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mugful n. the quantity that can be held in a mug.
Syn. -- mug.
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Muggard (?), a. [Cf. G. mucker a sulky person, muckish sullen, peevish, mucken to mutter, grumble.] Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]
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{ Mugger (?), n. Also Muggar, Muggur }. [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.] The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
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mugger n. A thief who takes property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed; a person who commits a mugging; one who mugs. See , v. t.
Syn. -- robber
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Mugget (?), n. The small entrails of a calf or a hog.
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Mugginess (?), n. The condition or quality of being muggy.
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Mugging (?), n. [p. pr. & vb. n. from , v.] A robbery; a taking of property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed. See , v.
Syn. -- robbery, holdup, stickup
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Muggins (?), n. [Etym. unknown.] 1. A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
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2. A game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
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Muggins, v. t. In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying “muggins.”
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Muggish (?), a. See .
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Muggletonian (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired. Eadie.
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Muggy (mŭgg�), a. [Compar. Muggier (mŭggĭẽr); superl. Muggiest.] [Cf. Icel. mugga mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th .] 1. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
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2. Warm, damp, and windless; uncomfortably hot and humid; sultry; as, muggy air, weather.
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