Mummy

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1. 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.

2. Noun

Dried flesh of a mummy.

3. Noun

A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

4. Noun

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

5. Noun

A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

6. Noun

One whose affections and energies are withered.

7. Verb

To embalm; to mummify.
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