Mun Mun noun [ See
Mouth .]
The mouth. [ Obsolete]
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns,
Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns .
Old Rhyme. Halliwell.
Munch Munch transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Munched ;
present participle & verbal noun Munching .] [ Prob. akin to
mumble : confer also French
manger to eat (cf.
Mange ), and
mâcher to cher (cf.
Masticate ). See
Mumble .]
To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [ Formerly written also
maunch and
mounch .]
I could munch your good dry oats.
Shak.
Munchausenism Mun·chau"sen·ism noun [ So called in allusion to Baron
Munchausen's extravagant tales of travel.]
An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.
Muncher Munch"er noun One who munches.
Mundane Mun"dane adjective [ Latin
mundanus , from
mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; confer
mundus , adjective , clean, neat, Sanskrit
mand to adorn, dress,
manda adornment. Confer
Monde ,
Mound in heraldry.]
Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. --
Mun"dane*ly ,
adverb The defilement of mundane passions.
I. Taylor.
Mundanity Mun·dan"i·ty noun Worldliness. [ Obsolete]
Mundation Mun·da"tion noun [ Latin
mundatio , from
mundare to make clean.]
The act of cleansing. [ Obsolete]
Mundatory Mun"da·to·ry adjective [ Latin
mundatorius .]
Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [ Obsolete]
Mundic Mun"dic noun Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Mundificant Mun·dif"i·cant adjective [ Latin
mundificans , present participle of
mundificare to make clean, from
mundus clean +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See
- fy .]
Serving to cleanse and heal. --
noun A mundificant ointment or plaster.
Mundification Mun`di·fi·ca"tion noun The act or operation of cleansing.
Mundificative Mun·dif"i·ca·tive adjective Cleansing. --
noun A detergent medicine or preparation.
Mundify Mun"di·fy transitive verb [ Confer French
mondifier , Latin
mundificare . See
Mundificant .]
To cleanse. [ Obsolete]
Mundil Mun"dil noun A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
Mundivagant Mun·div"a·gant adjective [ Latin
mundus the world +
vagans wandering, present participle of
vagari . See
Vagary .]
Wandering over the world. [ R.]
Mundungus Mun·dun"gus noun [ Confer Spanish
mondongo paunch, tripe, black pudding.]
A stinking tobacco.
Munerary Mu"ner·a·ry adjective [ Latin
munerarius , from
munus a gift.]
Having the nature of a gift. [ Obsolete]
Munerate Mu"ner·ate transitive verb [ Latin
muneratus , past participle of
munerare to give, bestow, from
munus a gift.]
To remunerate.
Muneration Mu`ner·a"tion noun [ Latin
muneratio .]
Remuneration. [ Obsolete]
Mung Mung (mŭng)
noun [ Hind.
mūng .]
(Botany) Green gram, a kind of pulse ( Phaseolus Mungo ), grown for food in British India. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Munga Mun"ga noun (Zoology) See Bonnet monkey , under Bonnet .
Mungcorn Mung"corn` noun Same as Mangcorn .
Mungo Mun"go noun A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods. »
Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded.
Beck (Draper's Dict. ).
Mungo Mun"go noun A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. those of felted, milled, or hard- spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy , or the deviled product of loose-textured woolen goods or worsted, -- a distinction often disregarded.
Mungoose, Mungoos Mun"goose, Mun"goos noun (Zoology) See Mongoose .
Mungrel Mun"grel noun & adjective See Mongrel .
Municipal Mu·nic"i·pal adjective [ Latin
municipalis , from
municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, from
municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen;
munia official duties, functions +
capere to take: confer French
municipal . Confer
Immunity , and
Capacoius .]
1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. 2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
Blackstone.
Municipalism Mu·nic"i·pal·ism noun Municipal condition.
Municipality Mu·nic`i·pal"i·ty noun ;
plural Municipalities . [ Confer French
municipalité .]
A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
Municipalize Mu·nic"i·pal·ize transitive verb [
Municipal +
-ize .]
To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry. London people are now determined to centralize and to municipalize such services.
The Century.
Municipally Mu·nic"i·pal·ly adverb In a municipal relation or condition.
Munific Mu·nif"ic adjective [ See
Munificent .]
Munificent; liberal. [ Obsolete or R.]
Munificate Mu·nif"i·cate transitive verb [ Latin
munificatus , past participle of
munificare to present with a thing, from
munificus . See
Munificent .]
To enrich. [ Obsolete]
Munificence Mu·nif"i·cence noun [ Confer Latin
munire to fortify.]
Means of defense; fortification. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Munificence Mu·nif"i·cence noun [ Latin
munificentia : confer French
munificence .]
The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity. The virtues of liberality and munificence .
Addison. Syn. -- Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty; bounteousness. See
Benevolence .
Munificent Mu·nif"i·cent adjective [ Latin
munificus ;
munus service, gift +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. Confer
Immunity ,
-fy .]
Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. --
Mu*nif"i*cent*ly ,
adverb Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.
Munify Mu"ni·fy transitive verb & i. [ See
Munificate .]
To prepare for defense; to fortify. [ Obsolete]
Muniment Mu"ni·ment noun [ Latin
munimentum , from
munire to fortify. See
Munition .]
1. The act of supporting or defending. [ Obsolete]
2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other
muniments and petty helps."
Shak. 3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount. Muniment house or room ,
that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.
Munite Mu·nite" transitive verb [ Latin
munitus , past participle of
munire to wall, fortify.]
To fortify; to strengthen. [ Obsolete]
Munition Mu·ni"tion noun [ French, munition of war, Latin
munitio a fortifying, fortification, from
munire to fortify, defend with a wall; confer
moenia walls,
murus (for
moirus ) a wall, and Sanskrit
mi to fix, make firm. Confer
Ammunition .]
1. Fortification; stronghold. [ Obsolete]
His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks.
Is. xxxiii. 16. 2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition , and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Munity Mu"ni·ty noun [ See
Immunity .]
Freedom; security; immunity. [ Obsolete]
W. Montagu.
Munjeet Mun·jeet" noun [ Hind.
majīth a drug used for dyeing red.]
See Indian madder , under Madder .
Munjistin Mun"jis·tin noun (Chemistry) An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder ( Rubia munjista ).
Munnion Mun"nion noun See Mullion .
Muntin, Munting Mun"tin, Mun"ting noun [ CF.
Montant .]
(Architecture) Same as Mullion ; -- especially used in joiner's work.
Muntjac Munt"jac noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus , esp. C. muntjac , which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [ Written also
muntjak .]
Muntz metal Muntz" met`al See under Metal .
Murage Mu"rage noun [ French, from
murer to wall, from
mur wall, Latin
murus . See
Mure a wall.]
A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
Mural Mu"ral adjective [ French, from Latin
muralis , from
murus wall. See
Mure a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "
Mural breach."
Milton. "
Mural fruit."
Evelyn. 2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice. Mural circle (Astron.) ,
a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle , noun , 3. --
Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.) ,
a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.
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