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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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Mu-tā'tion, n. p. 870The act or process of changing. 2. Change; alteration, either in form or qualities. The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument. Bacon.Mūte, a. p. 870Restrained from speaking; kept in silence; uttering no sound; silent. All the heavenly choir stood mute. Milton. 2. Incapable of speaking; dumb. To the mute My speech is lost; my reason to the brute.…Mūte, n. p. 870One who is silent or speechless, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or duty, and the like;—specifically, (a.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to…Mūte, v. i. p. 870To eject the contents of the bowels, as birds.Mūte, v. t. p. 870To cast off; to molt. “Have I muted all my feathers?” Beau. & Fl.Mūte, n. p. 870The dung of birds. Hudibras.Mūte'-hill, n. p. 870See MOOT-HILL.Mūte'ly, adv. p. 870Without uttering words or sounds.Mūte'ness, n. p. 870Forbearance of speaking; silence.Mū'ti-cōus, a. p. 870(Bot.) Without a point or beard.Mū'ti-lāte, v. t. p. 870To cut off a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body or the person; to mutilate a statue. 2. To retrench, destroy, or remove a material part of, so as to…Mū'ti-late, a. p. 870(Bot.) Deprived of, or losing, an important part; mutilated.Mī'ti-late, n. p. 871(Zoöl.) A mammal having fin-like appendages in the place of feet, and of aquatic habits. See MAMMAL. Dana.Mū'ti-lā'tion, n. p. 871The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.Mū'ti-lā'tor, n. p. 871One who mutilates.Mū'ti-loūs, a. p. 871Mutilated; defective; imperfect. [Obs.]Mū'tine, n. p. 871A mutineer. [Obs.]Mū'tine, v. i. p. 871To mutiny. [Obs.]Mū'ti-neer', n. p. 871One guilty of mutiny; a person in military or naval service, who rises in opposition to the authority of the officers, who openly resists the government of the army or navy, or attempts to destroy…Mū'ting, n. p. 871Dung of birds.Mū'ti-nous, a. p. 871Disposed to mutiny, or resist the authority of laws and regulations, especially in an army or navy, or openly resisting such authority; turbulent. 2. Seditious. See MUTINY. The city was becoming…Mū'ti-noŏs-ly, adv. p. 871In a mutinous manner.Mū'ti-noŭs-ness, n. p. 871The quality or state of being mutinous; seditiousness.Mū'ti-ny, n. p. 871Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; open and violent resistance to the authority of officers; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline…Mū'ti-ny, v. i. p. 871To rise against lawful authority in military and naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or rightful authority.Mū'tism, n. p. 871The condition, or the habit, of being mute; the state of being without speech. According to them, man must have lived for a time in a state of mutism, his only means of communication consisting in…Mŭt'ter, v. i. p. 871To utter words with a low voice and compressed lips, with sullenness or in complaint; to grumble; to murmur. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden. 2. To sound with…Mŭt'ter, v. t. p. 871To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low, murmuring voice.Mŭt'ter, n. p. 871Repressed or obscure utterance.Mŭt'ter-er, n. p. 871One who mutters; a grumbler.Mŭt'ter-ing-ly, adv. p. 871With a low voice, and repressed or indistinct articulation.Mŭt'ton, n. p. 871The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food. 2. A sheep. [Obs.] Guests came, and did bring Muttons for presents to the godlike king. Chapman. For muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for…Mŭt'ton-chŏp, n. p. 871A rib of mutton for broiling, having the bone cut, or chopped, at the small end.Mŭt'ton-fist, n. p. 871A large, red, brawny hand.Mŭt'ton-mōn'ger, n. p. 871A debauched man. [Obs.]Mū'tu-al, a. p. 871Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion. And, what should most excite a…Mū'tu-āl'i-ty, n. p. 871The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence. The Supreme Being . . . possesses a felicity that is immeasurably remote from any relation of mutuality with that…Mut'u-al-ly, adv. p. 871In a mutual manner. The tongue and the pen mutually assist one another. Holder.Mū'tu-a-ry, n. p. 871(Law.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind. Bouvier.Mūt'u-ā'tion, n. p. 871The act of borrowing. [Obs.]Mŭt'ule, n. p. 871(Arch.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric cornice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. Oxf. Gloss.Mûx, n. p. 871Dirt; filth; muck. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Mŭck'y, a. p. 871Dirty; gloomy. [Prov. Eng.] Lemon.Muz'ar-ab, n. p. 871(Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain. Brandé.Muz'a-rāb'ic, a. p. 871Of, or pertaining to, the Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.Mŭz'zi-ness, n. p. 871The state of being muzzy.Mŭz'zle, n. p. 871The projecting mouth and nose of an animal; snout, as of a horse. 2. The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. 3. A fastening for the mouth which…Mŭz'zle, v. t. p. 871To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deut. xxv. 4. 2. To fondle with the mouth. 3. To restrain…Mŭz'zle, v. i. p. 871To bring the mouth near. The bear muzzles and smells to him. L'Estrange.Mŭz'zy, a. p. 871Absent in mind; bewildered; confused. [Colloq.] The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather than wine. W. Irving.My, a. p. 871Belonging to me;—used always attributively; as, my book;—mine is substituted in the predicate; as, the book is mine. ☞ Formerly mine was used before a vowel, and my before a consonant; my is now used…Mȳ-cē'li-ŭm, n. p. 871(Bot.) The filamentous body from which a mushroom or fungus is developed. Henslow.My'ce-loid, a. p. 871(Bot.) Resembling a mushroom.Mȳ-çē'tēs, n. p. 871(Zoöl.) The howling monkey, a variety of the quadrumana of America having an arrangement of the hyoid bone which gives their voice astonishing power and a frightful sound.Mȳ'co-lŏġ'ic or Mȳ'co-lŏġ'ic-al, a. p. 871Relating to mycology, or the fungi.Mȳ-cŏl'o-ġist, n. p. 871One versed in mycology.Mȳ-ēŏl'o-gy, n. p. 871That branch of natural science which relates to the fungi or mushrooms. Dana.My-e-li'tis, n. p. 871(Med.) Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes. Dunglison.My'l'o-don, n. p. 871(Paleon.) An extinct edentate animal, allied to the megatherium.My'lo-hy'oid, a. p. 871(Anat.) Pertaining to the jaw-bone and the hyoid bone; as, the mylo-hyoid nerve; mylo-hyoid muscle.