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Mut"ter, n. Repressed or obscure
utterance.

Mut"ter*er (?), n. One who
mutters.

Mut"ter*ing*ly, adv. With a low
voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

Mut"ton (?), n. [OE. motoun, OF.
moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL.
multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus
mutilated. See Mutilate.] 1. A
sheep. [Obs.] Chapman.

Not so much ground as will feed a
mutton.

Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words
for the living quadrupeds.

2. The flesh of a sheep.

The fat of roasted mutton or beef.

3. A loose woman; a prostitute.
[Obs.]

Mutton bird (Zoöl.), the
Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus). --
Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with
the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.


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