Mu"gi*en*cy (?), n. A bellowing. [Obs.]

Mu"gi*ent (?), a. [L. mugiens, p. pr. of mugire to bellow.] Lowing;

bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

||Mu"gil (?), n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes

||including the gray mullets. See Mullet.

Mu"gi*loid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or

family Mugilidæ.

Mug"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); --

called also crossweed.

Mug"wort` (?), n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic

composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; --

called also motherwort.

Mug"wump` (?), n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the

Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

[Political Cant, U.S.]

{ Mug"wump`er*y (?), Mug"wump*ism (?), } n. The acts and views of the

mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]

{ Mu*ham"mad*an (?), Mu*ham"med*an (?), } a. & n. Mohammedan.

Mu*ham"mad*an*ism (?), n. Mohammedanism.

||Mu*la"da (?), n. A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.

||Mu*la"da (?), n. [Sp. Amer., fr. Sp. mulo, mula, a mule.] A drove of

||mules. [Southwest. U.S.]

Mu*lat"to (?), n.; pl. Mulattoes (#). [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata,

fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.] The

offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro,

-- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Mu*lat"tress, n. A female mulatto. G. W. Gable.

Mul"ber*ry (?), n.; pl. Mulberries (#). [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS.

murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. &?;,

&?;. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of

the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.

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