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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mūe, v. i.p. 865To mew; to molt.
  2. Mu-ĕz'zin, n.p. 865A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.
  3. 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.
  4. Muf'fe-tee', n.p. 865A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  5. 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.
  6. Mŭf'fin-eer', n.p. 865A dish for keeping muffins hot.
  7. 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…
  8. Mŭf'fle, v. i.p. 865To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Mŭf'fler, n.p. 865A cover for the face; a wrapper enveloping the head or neck, used as a part of female dress.
  12. Mūf'flon, n.p. 865The wild sheep, or musmon. See MOUFFLON.
  13. Mūf'tī, n.p. 865An official expounder of Mohammedan law, in Turkey.
  14. 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.]
  15. Mŭg, n.p. 865A kind of earthen or metal cup, from which liquors are drank. 2. The face or mouth. [Slang.]
  16. Mŭg'gard, a.p. 865Sullen; displeased. [Obs.]
  17. Mūg'gent or Mŭg'gent, n.p. 865(Ornith.) A species of wild fresh-water duck.
  18. Mūg'get, n.p. 865The entrails of a calf. Simmonds.
  19. Mūg'gish, a.p. 865The same as MUGGY.
  20. 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.
  21. Mŭg'gy, a.p. 865Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw. 2. Moist, or damp and close; warm and unelastic; as, muggy air.
  22. Mŭg'-house, n.p. 865An ale-house. [Obs.] Tickell.
  23. Mū'gi-en-ey, n.p. 865A bellowing. [Obs.] “This mugiency or boation.” Browne.
  24. Mū'gi-ent, a.p. 865Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Browne.
  25. Mū'gil, n.p. 865(Ichth.) A genus of fishes; the mullet.
  26. Mū'gi-loid, n.p. 865(Ichth.) One of a family of acanthopterygious fishes, including the mullet. Brande.
  27. Măg'-weed, n.p. 865A plant of the genus Valantia.
  28. Mŭg'-wort, n.p. 865(Bot.) An herb of the genus Artemisia.
  29. Mu-lăt'to, n.p. 865The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro.
  30. Mu-lăt'tress, n.p. 865A female mulatto.
  31. Mŭl'ber-ry, n.p. 865(Bot.) The berry or fruit of a tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself.
  32. Mŭlch, n.p. 865Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of a tree, to protect from heat or cold, to keep moist, &c.
  33. Mūlch, v. t.p. 865To furnish with, or protect with, mulch.
  34. Mūlet, n.p. 865A fine; a pecuniary punishment or penalty. 2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.] Syn. — Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
  35. Mūlct, v. t.p. 865To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a pecuniary fine; to fine. 2. Hence, to deprive of: to withhold from by way of punishment or discipline.
  36. Mūlct'a-ry or Mūlct'ū-a-ry, a.p. 865Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
  37. Mūle, n.p. 865A quadruped of a mongrel breed, usually generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes between a horse and a she-ass; —applied also to any animal produced by a mixture of different species. 2. A…
  38. Mūle'-jēn'ny, n.p. 865A machine for spinning cotton.
  39. Mūle'-spin'ner, n.p. 865One who spins on a mule.
  40. Mū'-le-teer', n.p. 865One who drives mules.
  41. Māle'-wort, n.p. 865(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hemionitis.
  42. Mū'ley, n.p. 865A stiff, long saw, not stretched in a gate, and moved much more rapidly than an ordinary gate-saw.
  43. Mū'li-ēb'ri-ty, n.p. 865The state of being a woman; womanhood; a state in females corresponding to virility in man. 2. Hence, effeminacy; softness.
  44. Mū'li-er, n.p. 865A woman. 2. (Law.) (a.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son; the son of a lawful wife. (b.) (Civ. Law.) A…
  45. Mū'li-er-ly, adv.p. 866In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]
  46. Mū'li-er-ty, n.p. 866(Law.) State or condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
  47. Mūl'ish, a.p. 866Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
  48. Mūl'ish-ly, adv.p. 866Stubbornly, like a mule.
  49. Mūl'ish-ness, n.p. 866Obstinacy, as of a mule.
  50. Mŭll, v. t.p. 866To soften, or bring down in spirit; or to heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. Drink new cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay. 2. To dispirit or deaden. Shak.
  51. Mūll, n.p. 866A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.] 2. A snuff-box made of the small end of a horn. 3. [L. Ger. mull, D. mul. See MOLD.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.
  52. Mūll, n.p. 866A thin, soft kind of muslin.
  53. Mul'lā, n.p. 866See MŌLLAH.
  54. Mŭl'li-ga-tāw'ny, n.p. 866An East Indian curry soup.
  55. Mūl'lah, n.p. 866See MOLLAH.
  56. Mül'lein or Mül'len, n.p. 866(Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. thapsus), growing in roads and neglected fields.
  57. Mŭll'er, n.p. 866One who, or that which, mulls. 2. A vessel in which wine is mulled over a fire.
  58. Mūl'ler, n.p. 866A sort of pestle of stone or glass, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments upon a slab of similar material.
  59. Mŭl'let, n.p. 866(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Mullus, which frequents the shore, and roots in the sand like a hog. It is an excellent fish for the table. The name is also given to other kinds of fish. 2. (Her.) A…
  60. Mul'ley, n.p. 866A cow; — a child's word.