Word Meanings - MUTTON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. 1. A sheep. Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. 2. The flesh of

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mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. 1. A sheep. Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. 2. The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift. 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. Mutton bird , the Australian short-tailed petrel . -- Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. -- Mutton fish , the American eelpout. See Eelpout. -- Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. Dryden. -- Mutton monger, a pimp Chapman. a farce by De Brueys, revenons à nos moutons let us return to our I willingly return to my muttons. H. R. Haweis.

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• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• LIVRAISON
  A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
• LIVINGNESS
  The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
• LIVED
  Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
• LIVE
  liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• FLESHMENT
  The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. Shak.
• SHEEP'S-FOOT
  A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
• LIVERWORT
  1. A ranunculaceous plant with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. 2. A flowerless plant , having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. Note: From this plant many others of the same
• SHEEP-HEADED
  Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor
• WORDSMAN
  One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
• LIVING PICTURE
  A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.
• SHEEPBITER
  One who practices petty thefts. Shak. There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.
• SHEEPSKIN
  1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
• FLESHHOOD
  The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning.
• MUTTON
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• GROUNDNUT
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• MUTILATION
  The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
• DELIVERANCE
  Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like;
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• REDELIVER
  1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak.
• OLIVARY
  Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• OLIVINE
  A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• COD LIVER
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• OLIVERIAN
  An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay.
• DELIVERABLE
  Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.
• REDELIVERY
  1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation.
• OLIVED
  Decorated or furnished with olive trees. T. Warton.