·noun The dung of birds.
II. Mute ·adj Incapable of speaking; dumb.
III. Mute ·adj Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
IV. Mute ·vt To cast off; to Molt.
V. Mute ·noun A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
VI. Mute ·adj Not giving a ringing sound when struck;
— said of a metal.
VII. Mute ·noun A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
VIII. Mute ·vt & ·vi To eject the contents of the bowels;
— said of birds.
IX. Mute ·noun One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
X. Mute ·noun Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
XI. Mute ·noun One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
XII. Mute ·adj Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath;
— said of certain letters. ·see 5th Mute, 2.
XIII. Mute ·noun A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
XIV. Mute ·noun A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.