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2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble;
as, to mump food.

3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to
impose upon.

Mump"er (?), n. A beggar; a
begging impostor.

Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn
mumper.

Mump"ish, a. Sullen, sulky.
-- Mump"ish*ly, adv. --
Mump"ish*ness, n.

Mumps (?), n. [Prov. E. mump to
be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum.]
1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure;
the sulks. Skinner.

2. [Prob. so called from the patient's
appearance.] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile
disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the
parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

Mun (?), n. [See Mouth.]
The mouth. [Obs.]

One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns,

Butter them and sugar them and put them in your
muns.


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