mummy

To embalm; mummify.

A mummychog.

A dead human body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptian preparation for burial.

The substance of a mummy; a medicinal preparation supposed to consist of the substance of mummies or of dead bodies; hence, a medicinal liquor or gum in general. Also mummia. See first quotation under mummia.

In horticulture, a kind of wax used in grafting and planting trees.

A brown color prepared from the asphalt taken from Egyptian mummies, and used as an oil-color by artists.

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.

Dried flesh of a mummy.

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

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