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2. A grist or grinding; the grain
ground.

Mum (?), a. [Of imitative origin. Cf.
Mumble.] Silent; not speaking.
Thackeray.

The citizens are mum, and speak not a
word.

Mum, interj. Be silent!
Hush!

Mum, then, and no more.

Mum, n. Silence. [R.]
Hudibras.

Mum, n. [G. mummere, fr.
Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.] A sort of
strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
Addison.

The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of
mum.

Mum"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mumbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mumbling (?).] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen,
mommelen, G.


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