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Mumble (mŭmb'l), v. t. 1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. Bp. Hall.
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2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.
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Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.
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3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.
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Mumbledy peg, Mumblety peg (?), n. A game played with a pocketknife, the object of which is to throw the knife in any of a vairety of ways (such as over the back), or from various positions, and have it stick in the ground or another surface. Also called mumble-the-peg and mumble peg.
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Mumblenews (?), n. A talebearer. [Obs.]
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Mumbler (?), n. One who mumbles.
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Mumbling (?), a. Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- Mumblingly, adv.
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Mumbo Jumbo (?), n. [Perh. fr. the native name of an African god.] 1. Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.
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The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. Dickens.
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2. An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle.
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3. Incomprehensible or senseless language, usually intended to avoid answering plainly, confuse a listener, or obscure an issue.
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4. Language so arcane or obscure as to be unintelligible to the listener.
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Mum-chance (?), n. 1. A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Decker.
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2. A silent, stupid person. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Mum-chance, a. Silent and idle. [Colloq.]
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Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.
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mu-meson, mu meson n. (Physics) an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microseconds; the muon. It is a lepton, not a true meson, and decays to an electron and neutrino and antineutrino.
Syn. -- muon, negative muon.
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Mumm (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. , .] To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.
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With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser.
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Mummer (?), n. [Cf. OF. mommeur. See , and cf. .] One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
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Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. Milton.
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Mummery (?), n.; pl. Mummeries (#). [F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See .] 1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
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The mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton.
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2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. Bacon.
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Mummichog (?), 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.]
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Mummification (?), n. [See .] The act of making a mummy.
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Mummified (?), a. Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
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Mummiform (?), a. [Mummy + -form.] Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoölogy, said of the pupæ of certain insects.
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Mummify (?), 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 (1646).
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mummify v. i. To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in the attic.
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Mummy (mŭmm�), n.; pl. Mummies (mŭmmĭz). [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. mūmiyā, fr. mūm 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.
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2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] Sir. J. Hill.
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3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] Shak. Sir T. Herbert.
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4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
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5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
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6. One whose affections and energies are withered.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To beat to a mummy , to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
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Mummy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.] To embalm; to mummify.
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Mummychog (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Mump (?), v. i. [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh. orig., to whine like a beggar, D. mompelen to mumble. See , , and cf. .] 1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
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He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip. Taylor, 1630.
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2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
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3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
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And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . . canting and whining. Burke.
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4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mumping.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
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Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith.
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2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
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3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
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Mumper (?), n. A beggar; a begging impostor.
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Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. Macaulay.
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Mumpish, a. Sullen, sulky. -- Mumpishly, adv. -- Mumpishness, n.
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Mumps (?), n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. , , and .] 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner.
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2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis. It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus.
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Mun (?), n. [See .] The mouth. [Obs.]
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One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns,
Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns. Old Rhyme. Halliwell.
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Munch (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Munched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Munching.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. ), and mâcher to cher (cf. ). See .] To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerly written also maunch and mounch.]
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I could munch your good dry oats. Shak.
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Munchausenism (?), n. [So called in allusion to Baron Munchausen's extravagant tales of travel.] An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.
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Muncher (?), n. One who munches.
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Mund (?), n. See .
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Mundane (?), a. [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. maṇḍ to adorn, dress, maṇḍa adornment. Cf. , in heraldry.] 1. Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with heavenly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere; mundane concerns. -- Mundanely, adv.
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The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.
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2. Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
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Mundanity (?), n. Worldliness. [Obs.]
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Mundation (?), n. [L. mundatio, fr. mundare to make clean.] The act of cleansing. [Obs.]
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Mundatory (?), a. [L. mundatorius.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]
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Mundic (?), n. Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
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Mundificant (?), a. [L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus clean + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See .] Serving to cleanse and heal. -- n. A mundificant ointment or plaster.
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Mundification (?), n. The act or operation of cleansing.
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Mundificative (?), a. Cleansing. -- n. A detergent medicine or preparation.
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Mundify (?), v. t. [Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See .] To cleanse. [Obs.]
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Mundil (?), n. A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
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Mundivagant (?), a. [L. mundus the world + vagans wandering, p. pr. of vagari. See .] Wandering over the world. [R.]
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Mundungus (?), n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo paunch, tripe, black pudding.] A stinking tobacco.
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Munerary (?), a. [L. munerarius, from munus a gift.] Having the nature of a gift. [Obs.]
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Munerate (?), v. t. [L. muneratus, p. p. of munerare to give, bestow, fr. munus a gift.] To remunerate.
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Muneration (?), n. [L. muneratio.] Remuneration. [Obs.]
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Mung (mŭng), n. [Hind. mūng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Mung bean (mŭng bēn), n. The (Vigna radiata).
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2. The bean produced by the .
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Munga (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Bonnet monkey, under .
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Mungcorn (?), n. Same as .
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Mungo (?), n. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woolen goods or worsted, -- a distinction often disregarded.
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☞ Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded. Beck (Draper's Dict.).
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{ Mungoose, Mungoos } (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Mungrel (?), n. & a. See .
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Municipal (?), a. [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. , and .] 1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
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2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
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Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. Blackstone.
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Municipalism (?), n. Municipal condition.
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Municipality (?), n.; pl. Municipalities (#). [Cf. F. municipalité.] A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
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Municipalize (?), v. t. [Municipal + -ize.] To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry.

London people are now determined to centralize and to municipalize such services. The Century.
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Municipally (?), adv. In a municipal relation or condition.
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Munific (?), a. [See .] Munificent; liberal. [Obs. or R.]
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Munificate (?), v. t. [L. munificatus, p. p. of munificare to present with a thing, fr. munificus. See .] To enrich. [Obs.]
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Munificence (?), n. [Cf. L. munire to fortify.] Means of defense; fortification. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Munificence, n. [L. munificentia: cf. F. munificence.] The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.
Syn. -- Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty; bounteousness. See .
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The virtues of liberality and munificence. Addison.
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Munificent (?), a. [L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. , .] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Munificently, adv.
Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.
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Munify (?), v. t. & i. [See .] To prepare for defense; to fortify. [Obs.]
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Muniment (?), n. [L. munimentum, fr. munire to fortify. See .] 1. The act of supporting or defending. [Obs.]
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2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. “Other muniments and petty helps.” Shak.
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3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount.
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Coloq. Muniment room or Coloq. Muniment house , that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.
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Munite (?), v. t. [L. munitus, p. p. of munire to wall, fortify.] To fortify; to strengthen. [Obs.]
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Munition (?), n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. .] 1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.]
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His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Is. xxxiii. 16.
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2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
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The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Munity (?), n. [See .] Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
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munj, munja n. A tough Asiatic grass (Saccharum bengalense syn. Saccharum munja) whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
Syn. -- munj, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja.
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Munjeet (?), n. [Hind. majīṭh a drug used for dyeing red.] See Indian madder, under .
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Munjistin (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista).
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Munnion (?), n. See .
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{ Muntin (?), Munting (?), } n. [CF. .] (Arch.) Same as ; -- especially used in joiner's work.
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Muntjac (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. Cervulus muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]
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Muntz metal (?). See under .
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Muræna (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large eels of the family Murænidæ. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muræna Helenæ) of Southern Europe was the muræna of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.
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{ Murænoid, Murenoid } (?), a. [NL. Muræna, the generic name + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muræna, or family Murænidæ.
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Murage (?), n. [F., fr. murer to wall, fr. mur wall, L. murus. See a wall.] A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
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Mural (?), a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See a wall.] 1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. “Mural breach.” Milton. “Mural fruit.” Evelyn.
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2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
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Coloq. Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See , n., 3. -- Coloq. Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.
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Murder (mûrdẽr), n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. morðor, fr. morð murder; akin to D. moord, OS. morð, G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. morð, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mrēti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. brotos (for mrotos) mortal, 'ambrotos immortal, Skr. mṛ to die, mṛta death. √105. Cf. , , .] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. “Mordre will out.” Chaucer.
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The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry. Locke.
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Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. Dryden.
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☞ Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. Wharton.
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Murder, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Murdered (mûrdẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myrðrian; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. maúrþrjan. See , n.] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See , n.
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2. To destroy; to put an end to.
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[Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word? Shak.
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3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.
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Syn. -- To kill; assassinate; slay. See .
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murdered adj. killed unlawfully; as, the murdered woman.
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