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- Mummy - n. - A 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.
- Mummy - n. - Dried flesh of a mummy.
- Mummy - n. - A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
- Mummy - n. - A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
- Mummy - n. - A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
- Mummy - n. - One whose affections and energies are withered.
- Mummy - v. t. - To embalm; to mummify.
- Mummychog - n. - See Mummichog.
- Mummying - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Mummy
- Mummy - n. - A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
- Osiris - n. - One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis.
- Mummified - a. - Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.