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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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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.Mŭf'fin, n. p. 865A light, spongy cake; circular and flat, used for the lighter meals. 2. An earthen table plate of several different sizes, not exceeding seven inches in diameter.Mŭf'fin-eer', n. p. 865A dish for keeping muffins hot.Mŭf'fle, v. t. p. 865To wrap up in something that conceals; especially, to wrap, as the face or more, in thick and disguising folds; to cover thickly and doubly; hence, to blindfold; to cover; to conceal. They were in…Mŭf'fle, v. i. p. 865To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.Mŭf'fle, n. p. 865(Chem. & Metal.) An oven-shaped vessel, used for the purification of gold and silver by means of a cupel made of bone ashes.Mŭf'fle, n. p. 865The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, when covered with a mucous membrane;—applied especially to ruminating animals. Barrow.Mŭf'fler, n. p. 865A cover for the face; a wrapper enveloping the head or neck, used as a part of female dress.Mūf'flon, n. p. 865The wild sheep, or musmon. See MOUFFLON.Mūf'tī, n. p. 865An official expounder of Mohammedan law, in Turkey.Mŭf'ti, n. p. 865The civilian dress of a naval or military officer when off duty; hence, a citizen's dress, as distinguished from military or naval uniform. [Collog. Eng.]Mŭg, n. p. 865A kind of earthen or metal cup, from which liquors are drank. 2. The face or mouth. [Slang.]Mŭg'gard, a. p. 865Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]Mūg'gent or Mŭg'gent, n. p. 865(Ornith.) A species of wild fresh-water duck.Mūg'get, n. p. 865The entrails of a calf. Simmonds.Mūg'gish, a. p. 865The same as MUGGY.Mŭg'gle-tō'ni-an, n. p. 865(Eccl. Hist.) One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who, about 1657, claimed, together with an associate named Reeves, to be inspired. Eadie.Mŭg'gy, a. p. 865Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw. 2. Moist, or damp and close; warm and unelastic; as, muggy air.Mŭg'-house, n. p. 865An ale-house. [Obs.] Tickell.