embalmed corpse, mummified corpse; mother (British)
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Mummy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To embalm; to mummify.
To embalm; to mummify.
(n.)
One whose affections and energies are withered.
One whose affections and energies are withered.
(n.)
Dried flesh of a mummy.
Dried flesh of a mummy.
(n.)
A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
(n.)
A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
mummy
\mum"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. mummied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. mummying.] to embalm; to mummify.
mummy
\mum"my\ (?), n.; pl. mummies (#). [f. momie; cf. sp. & pg. momia, it. mummia; all fr. per. m&?;miyā, 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.
2. dried flesh of a mummy. [obs.] j. hill.
3. a gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [obs.] 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.
similar words(1)
to beat to a mummy
Mummy, (n.)
An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.
By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
Scopas Brune
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.
By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
Scopas Brune
Noun
1. informal terms for a mother
(synonym) ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mater
(hypernym) mother, female parent
2. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
(hypernym) body, dead body
(derivation) mummify
Mummy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold (ice mummies), very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back at least to the 1730s.
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Mummy Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Mummy [from Persian mumiai pitch, asphalt] The custom of preserving the dead by an elaborate process of embalming, with attendant rites, practiced by the Egyptians and other ancient peoples such as the Incas in Peru.
Theosophical literature attributes the origin of this practice to the Atlanteans, the intent being to prevent the life-atoms which compose the human physical body from transmigrating through the lower kingdoms. The attempt, however, was unsuccessful, because a life-atom itself is the ensouling essence of an atom, which is destroyed neither by earth, air, water, nor fire, and pursues its own pathways both during human life and after death.
Theosophical literature attributes the origin of this practice to the Atlanteans, the intent being to prevent the life-atoms which compose the human physical body from transmigrating through the lower kingdoms. The attempt, however, was unsuccessful, because a life-atom itself is the ensouling essence of an atom, which is destroyed neither by earth, air, water, nor fire, and pursues its own pathways both during human life and after death.
