meaning of mummy
1. To embalm; to mummify.
2. 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.
3. Dried flesh of a mummy.
4. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
5. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
6. A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
7. One whose affections and energies are withered.
8. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial as in ancient Egypt
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