Mummy brown, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt
umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen,
etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs. -- Mummy wheat (Bot.), wheat found
in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that
genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times. -- To
beat to a mummy, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
Mum"my, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.] To
embalm; to mummify.
Mum"my*chog (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Mummichog.
Mump (?), v. i. [Akin to mumble; cf. D. mompen to cheat; perh. orig.,
to whine like a beggar, D. mompelen to mumble. See Mumble, Mum, and cf.
Mumps.] 1. To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in
sulkiness.
He mumps, and lovers, and hangs the lip.
Taylor, 1630.