Mummy

n. [Fr. mumie, momie, Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia, Per. māmiyā, from mām, mōm, wax.]

1Sense 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.

2Sense 2. The gummy substance exuding from bodies prepared with pitch, asphaltum, and the like.

3Sense 3. (Gardening.) A sort of wax used in grafting and planting trees.

To beat to a mummy, to beat to an indiscriminate or senseless mass.

v. t. To embalm and dry, as a mummy.