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2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.]
Sir. J. Hill.

3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed
flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal
properties. [Obs.] Shak. Sir T. Herbert.

4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See
Mummy brown (below).

5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in
grafting, etc.

6. One whose affections and energies are
withered.

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.


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