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Meaning of 'mummy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Dried flesh of a mummy.
- A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
- A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
- A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
- One whose affections and energies are withered.
2 . Mummy [ v. t.]
- To embalm; to mummify.

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