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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mū'ci-lāg'i-noŭs-ness, n. p. 864The state of being mucilaginous; sliminess.Mū'cine, n. p. 864(Chem.) An albuminoid compound forming the chief constituent of mucus.Mu-cĭp'a-rous, a. p. 864Secreting or producing mucus.Mu-ci-vō-re, n. pl. p. 864See MUCIVORE.Mū'ci-vōre, n. p. 864(Entom.) One of a family of dipterous insects, including those which feed upon the mucus or juices of plants, and the like. Brande.Mūck, n. p. 864Dung in a moist state. 2. A mass of decaying vegetable matter. With fattening muck besmear the roots. Philips. 3. Something mean, vile, or filthy. 4. Money. [Old Cant.] “The fatal muck we quarreled…Mŭck, v. t. p. 864To manure with muck.Mück, a. p. 864Like muck; mucky; damp; moist. [Rare.]Mück'en-der, n. p. 864A handkerchief. [Obs.]Mŭck'er, v. t. p. 865To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.]Mŭck'er-er, n. p. 865A miser; a niggard. [Obs.]Mŭck'-fork, n. p. 865A dung fork.Mŭck'-hēap, n. p. 865A heap or hill of muck.Mück'-hill, n. p. 865A heap or hill of muck.Mück'i-ness, n. p. 865The quality of being mucky.Mŭck'le, a. p. 865Much. [Obs.]Mück'-míd'den, n. p. 865A muck-heap; a dunghill.Mück'-räke, n. p. 865A rake for turning and collecting muck. Bunyan.Mŭck'-swĕat, n. p. 865Profuse sweat.Mŭck'-worm, n. p. 865A worm that lives in muck. 2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. Bunyan.Mŭck'y, a. p. 865Filthy; nasty. [Obs.] “Mucky money and false felicity.” Latimer.Mū'co-cēle, n. p. 865(Med.) (a.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages. (b.) Dropsy of the lachrymal sac. Dunglison.Mū'co-pū'ru-lent, a. p. 865(Med.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.Mū'cor, n. p. 865Mold.Mu-cōs'i-ty, n. p. 865State of being slimy. 2. A fluid resembling, or containing, mucus.Mu-cō'so-săc'cha-rine, a. p. 865Partak-Mū'cōus, a. p. 865Pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, and lubricious; as, a mucous substance. 2. Secreting a slimy substance; as, the mucous membrane. Mucous membrane (Anat.), the membrane lining all the…Mü'coüs-ness, n. p. 865The state of being mucous.Mū'cro-nate or Mū'cro-nā'ted, a. p. 865(Bot. & Zool.) Terminating abruptly, or in short, spinous processes.Mū'cro-nate-ly, adv. p. 865In a mucronate manner.Mu-crōn'ū-late, a. p. 865(Bot.) Delicately tapering to an abrupt point. Henslow.Mū'cu-lent, a. p. 865Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.Mū'cus, n. p. 865(Physiol.) 1. A viscid fluid secreted by the mucous membrane, which it serves to moisten and defend. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the…Mū'cus-ine, n. p. 865(Physiol.) The characteristic organic matter of animal mucus.Mūd, n. p. 865Earth wet, soft, moist, and adhesive, with water; earth and water mixed, in any degree of mixture.Mŭd, v. t. p. 865To bury in mud or slime. [Rare.] 2. To make turbid, or foul, with dirt; to stir the sediment in, as in liquors; to muddy.Mū'dar, n. p. 865(Bot.) A plant (Calotropis gigantea), the juice of which, being alterative and sudorific, is much used in medicine in the East. Simmonds.Mū'da-rīne, n. p. 865(Chem.) A peculiar principle obtained from mudar, and having the singular property of softening by cold and hardening by heat. Brande.Mŭd'di-ly, adv. p. 865In a muddy manner; turbidly; with foul mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.Mŭd'di-ness, n. p. 865The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream. 2. Intellectual cloudiness or dullness.Mŭd'dle, n. p. 865A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. There's no great odds betwixt us. We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens.Mŭd’dle, v. t. p. 865To make foul, turbid, or muddy, as water. He did ill to muddle the water. L’Estrange. 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. Epicurus seems to have had his…Mŭd'dy, a. p. 865Besmeared or dashed with mud; soiled; as, muddy boots. 2. Foul with mud; turbid; as, a muddy stream. 3. Containing mud; as, a muddy ditch or road. 4. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. “This…Mŭd'dy, v. t. p. 865To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid. 2. To cloud; to make dull or heavy. Grew.Mŭd'dy-hēad'ed, a. p. 865Dull; stupid.Mŭd'dy-mĕt'tled, a. p. 865Dull-spirited. Shak.Mŭd'-fish, n. p. 865(Ichth.) A small fresh-water fish of the genus Cobitis; the loach;—so called because it feeds at the bottom of the water.Mŭd'-hĕn, n. p. 865(Ornith.) (a.) A bluish-black wading bird (Fulica Americana), common in the United States. (b.) The Rallus crepitans of the South.Mūd'-hōle, n. p. 865(Steam-boilers.) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.Mŭd'-sill, n. p. 865The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timbers of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See SILL.Mūd'-stōne, n. p. 865A rock having the appearance of indurated mud, and probably of a mud origin. Dana.Mūd'-tŭr'tle, n. p. 865A small kind of tortoise;—popularly so called in America.Mŭd'-sŭck'er, n. p. 865(Ornith.) An aquatic fowl which obtains its food from the mud. Derham.Mŭd'-wall, n. p. 865A wall composed of mud, or of materials laid in mud without mortar. 2. (Ornith.) The bee-eater. See MEROPS.Mŭd'-walled, a. p. 865Having a mud wall.Mŭd'-wort, n. p. 865(Bot.) A small plant of the genus Limosella. See LIMOSELLA.Mūe, v. i. p. 865To mew; to molt.Mu-ĕz'zin, n. p. 865A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.Mŭff, n. p. 865A warm cover for receiving the hands, usually made of fur or dressed skins. 2. A mean, silly, or stupid fellow; a poor spirited or despicable person. [Colloq.] “A muff of a curate.” Thackeray.Muf'fe-tee', n. p. 865A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.