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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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Mul-tĭs'ciōus, a. p. 866Having variety of knowledge. [Obs.]Mūl'ti-sēct, a. p. 866(Entom.) Divided into many segments, and having no distinct trunk and abdomen;—said of an insect. Maunder.Mŭl'ti-sē'ri-al, a. p. 867(Bot.) Having, or arranged in, several horizontal ranks. Gray.Mŭl'ti-sil'i-quoŭs, a. p. 867(Bot.) Having many pods or seed-vessels.Mul-tis'o-noŭs, a. p. 867Having many sounds, or sounding much.Mŭl'ti-spī'ral, a. p. 867(Conch.) Exhibiting numerous coils round a submedian center;—said of the opercula of certain shells. Brande.Măl'ti-stri'ate, a. p. 867Having many streaks.Mŭl'ti-sŭl'cate, a. p. 867Having many furrows.Mŭl'ti-sy̆l'la-ble, n. p. 867A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [Rare.]Mŭl'ti-tĭt'ū-lar, a. p. 867Having many titles.Mŭl'ti-tū'bu-lar, a. p. 867Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.Mŭl'ti-tūde, n. p. 867The state of being many; numerousness. 2. A great number of individuals; a numerous collection or gathering; a crowd. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in…Măl'ti-tū'di-na-ry, a. p. 867Multitudinous; manifold.Mŭl'ti-tū'di-noŭs, a. p. 867Consisting of, or having, the appearance of a multitude; manifold; as, the multitudinous sea; the multitudinous tongue.Mŭl'ti-tū'di-noŭs-ly, adv. p. 867In a multitudinous manner.Măl'ti-tū'di-noŭs-ness, n. p. 867The state or quality of being multitudinous.Mul-tīv’ă-gant or Mul-tīv’ă-goŭs, a. p. 867Wandering much. [Obs.]Mŭl'ti-vălve, n. p. 867(Zoöl.) A mollusk which has a shell of many valves.Mŭl'ti-vălve or Mŭl-ti-vălv'ū-lar, a. p. 867Having many valves.Mul-tīv'er-sant, a. p. 867Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.Mul-tiv'i-oŭs, a. p. 867Having many ways or roads. [Obs.]Mul-tiv'o-cal, a. p. 867Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal. “An ambiguous or multivocal word.” Coleridge.Mul-tō'ēd, n. p. 867The Turkish code of law.Mul-tōe'ū-lar, a. p. 867Having many eyes, or more than two.Măl'tum, n. p. 867An extract of quassia and licorice, fraudulently employed by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. Craig.Hard multum p. 867a preparation made from Cocculus Indicus, used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.Mult-ŭn'gu-late, a. p. 867Having the hoof divided into more than two parts.Mŭlt'ŭre, n. p. 867(Scots Law.) The quantity of grain or meal payable to the proprietor of a mill for grinding grain. Erskine. 2. A grist or grinding; the grain ground.Mŭm, a. p. 867Silent; not speaking. The citizens are mum; say not a word. Shak.Mŭm, interj. p. 867Be silent; hush.Mŭm, n. p. 867Silence. [Rare.] Hudibras.Mŭm, n. p. 867A sort of strong beer, originally introduced from Brunswick, in Germany, and hence often called Brunswick mum. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.Mŭm'ble, v. i. p. 867To speak with the lips or other organs partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words with a grumbling tone, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.…Mŭm'ble, v. t. p. 867To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. He with mumbled prayers atones the Deity. Dryden. 2. To mouth gently, or to eat with a muttering sound. 3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.Mūm'ble-news, n. p. 867A kind of tale-bearer.Mŭm'ble[r], n. p. 867One who mumbles.Mŭm'bling-ly, adv. p. 867With a low, inarticulate utterance.Mŭm'-bŭdğ'et, interj. p. 867Be silent and secret;—used in contempt or ludicrously. [Obs.]Mūm'-chānçe, n. p. 867A game of hazard with cards. [Prov. Eng.] Decker.Mŭmm, v. i. p. 867To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.Mŭm'ma-chŏg, n. p. 867See MUMMY-CHOG.Mūm'mer, n. p. 867One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a mime; a masker; a buffoon. “Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers.” Milton.Mŭm'/mer-y, n. p. 867Masking; sport; diversion; low amusement; buffoonery. “The mummery of foreign strollers.” Fenton. 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.Mŭm'mi-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 867The act of making into a mummy.Mūm'mi-fōrm, a. p. 867Resembling a mummy.Mŭm'mi-fy, v. t. p. 867To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into a mummy.Mūm'my, n. p. 867A 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. 2. The gummy substance exuding from…Mŭm'my, v. t. p. 867To embalm and dry, as a mummy.Mŭm'my-chŏg, n. p. 867(Ichth.) A small fish of the carp kind.Mūmp, v. t. p. 867To work over with the mouth; to nibble; as, to mump food. 2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly. “Old men who mump their passion.” Goldsmith.Mŭmp, v. i. p. 867To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. He mumps, and lowers, and hangs the lip, they say. Taylor, 1630. 2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter…Mŭmp'er, n. p. 867A beggar. Young.Mūmp'ish, a. p. 867Dull; heavy; sullen; sour.Mŭmp'ish-ly, adv. p. 867Dully; wearily.Mŭmp'ish-ness, n. p. 867The state or quality of being mumpish or sullen.Mŭmps, n. pl. p. 867Sullenness; silent displeasure. [Obs.] Skinner. 2. (Med.) A peculiar and specific unsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands.Mŭn, v. i. p. 867or auxiliary. To be obliged; must, [Prov. Eng.].Mŭnch, v. t. p. 867‘To chew continuously upon; to nibble; to chew without opening the mouth. [Colloq. or familiar.] [Formerly written also maunch and mounch.] I could munch your good dry oats. Shak.Mŭnch, v. i. p. 867To chew with closed lips; to masticate. [Collog. or familiar.]Mŭnch'er, n. p. 867One who munches.