Mummy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Dried flesh of a mummy.

II. Mummy ·noun A sort of wax used in grafting, ·etc.

III. Mummy ·noun One whose affections and energies are withered.

IV. Mummy ·noun A brown color obtained from bitumen. ·see Mummy brown (below).

V. Mummy ·vt To Embalm; to Mummify.

VI. Mummy ·noun A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated;

— formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

VII. Mummy ·noun A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.