Mummy

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

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

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

(3): ( n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.

(4): ( v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

(5): ( n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

(6): ( n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.

(7): ( n.) 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.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mummy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mummy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

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