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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.

2. To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly;
to chatter unintelligibly.

3. To cheat; to deceive; to play the
beggar.

And then when mumping with a sore leg, . . .
canting and whining.

Burke.

4. To be sullen or sulky. [Prov.
Eng.]

Mump, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mumping.] 1. To utter imperfectly,
brokenly, or feebly.

Old men who mump their passion.

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