Definition of Mummy

  • (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.
  • (n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.
  • (n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
  • (n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
  • (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
  • (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.
  • (v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

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