mug 
Wit hung her blob, ev'n Humour teem'd to mourn, 
And sullenly sat magging o'er his urn. 
CW;w, \lisr,'lhmi<!8(172), p. 121 (llalliirrll.) 
The low comedian had mugijeJ at him in hla richest man- 
ner tlfty nights for a wager. Dickeiut, Little Unrlt, I. 20. 
To mug up. (o) To paint one's face. (b) To cram for 
an examination. [Slang, Kng. | 
mug 1 (mug), ". [E. Iml.] Same as green gram 
(wTiich see, under </;<'). 
muga (mo'gii), n. [E. Ind.] 1. A silkworm of 
Assam in British liulia, Anthrnrit nxsiima, par- 
tially domesticated. Also, erroneously, minigti. 
2. A kind of silk, the production of the muga 
silkworm in India, especially in tin; hill-coun- 
try on the northeast coast, where the plants 
grow upon which the worms feed. 
muget, >i. [< OF. muge, mougc, <. L. mugil, a mul- 
let: see Magi!.] A fish, the sea-mullet. 
The flshe cald a muge which is sayde to feedc herselfc 
with her own snotte. 
O. Ilarvey, Trimming of Thomas Nashe. 
muggar(inug'iir), n. [E. Ind.] A kind of croco- 
dile : as, the Siamese muggar, Crocodilus si<imi-n- 
sis. Also mni/grr. 
muggard (mng'ird), a. [< mug 3 4- -ard. Cf. 
G. mucker, a sulky person : see mucker*.] Sul- 
len; displeased. Grose. 
mugger, n. Same as muggar. 
muggev (mug'et), n. [Origin not ascertained.] 
Chitterling. 
I'm a poor botching tailor for a court. 
law bred on liver, and what clowns call nmgget, 
Wolcot (Peter Pindar), The Remonstrance. (Daviet.) 
mugget 2 t (mug'et), n. [Also mugwet, muguet; < 
F. muguet, woodruff.] A name applied to vari- 
ous plants, especially to the woodruff (Asperula 
odorata) and the lily-of-the-valley. 
muggins (mug'inz), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. A 
children's game of cards played by any num- 
ber of persons with a full pack divided equally 
among the players. Each onelu turn placesacard face 
up In a pile In front of him, and if the top card of one player 
matches with the top card of some other player, that one of 
the two who first cries "Muggins ! " adds his card to the pile 
of the other. This continues until all the cards are placed 
In one pile the player who owns this being the loser. 
2. A game of dominoes in which the players 
count by fives or multiples of five. Each player 
putting down a domino with 5 or 10 spots on it, or one 
with such a number of spoU as, united with those on 
the dominoes at either or both ends of the row, make 5 
or a multiple of 5, adds the number so made to his score. 
The player first reaching 200 If two play, or 160 If more 
than two, wins the game. 
muggisn(mug'ish).. [<Mi0 1 + -feft 1 .] Same 
as muggy. 
mugglet (mug'l), n. [Cf. mug' 2 .'} A contest be- 
tween drinkers to decide which of them can 
drink the most. 
muggled (mug'ld), a. [Appar. an arbitrary 
var. of smuggled.] Cheap and trashy, as goods 
offered for sale as smuggled articles; sham. 
[Slang.] 
Another ruse to introduce mugglrd or " duffer's " goods. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 44. 
Muggletonian (mug-l-to'ni-an), n. [< Miig- 
gleton (see def.) + -tan.] A member of a sect 
founded in England by Ludowick Muggleton 
and John Eeeve about 1651. The members of the 
sect believed in the prophetic inspiration of Its founders, 
as being the two witnesses mentioned in Revelation xl. 
8-6, and held that there is no real distinction between the 
persons of the Trinity, that God has a human body, and 
that Elijah was his representative in heaven when he de- 
scended to die on the cross. The last member of the sect 
Is said to have died in 1888. 
mugglingt (mug'ling), n. [< muggle + -ing.] 
The practice of drinking in rivalry. 
muggs, M. ft. See mugs. 
muggy (mug'i), . [< mug 1 + -yi ; prob. in part 
confused with mucky.'} 1. Containing moist- 
ure in suspension ; damp and close ; warm and 
humid: as, muggy air. 
.'/ .' W still. An Italian winter is a sad thing, but all the 
other seasons are charming. Byron, Diary, Jan. 8, 1831. 
2. Moist ; damp ; moldy. 
Cover with muggy straw to keep it moist. Mortimer. 
Also muggish. 
Mughal (mo'gal), n. Same as Mogul. 
mug-house (mu'g'hous), n. An ale-house. 
Our sex has dared the mughouse chiefs to meet, 
And purchased fame in many a well-fonght street. 
Tickell, Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at 
[Avignon. 
mug-hunter (mug'hun'ter). 11. One who en- 
gages in sporting contests solely with the aim 
of winning prizes (which are frequently cups) : 
an epithet of opprobrium or contempt. [Slang.] 
mugiencyt (imV.ji-e.n-si), . [< mngirn(t) + 
-i'y.] A bellowing. .Sic T. lirmene, Vulg. Err., 
iii. 27. 
3889 
mugientt (mii'ji-;iit), a. [= Sp. miiyinitr. =It. 
tiiiti/gliiiiiitt; < L. iHiigifii(t-)x, ppr. of miigin 
(> It. iiniggliitire), bellow as a cow, hence also 
blare as a trumpet, rumble as an earthquake, 
as thunder, creak as a mast, i-tc.: cf. Or. 
, lii-llow; orifr. imitative, like E. moo 1 .] 
Lowing ; bellowing. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
A bittern maketh that murtunt noise or ... humping. 
Mr '/'. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. -J7. 
Mugil (mu'jil), n. [L., a mullet: see ittiillrfl.] 
The leading genus of Mugilidet; the mullets. 
Mugilidae (mU-jil'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < M'igil 
+ -iit<K.] A family of percesocine fishes, typi- 
fied by the genus Mugil; the mullets, (a) In Bona- 
parte's system, same as Muyiltridei. (b) In recent sys- 
tems restricted to mugiliform Hshes with only 24 ver- 
tebra and rudimentary or very weak teeth, and In this 
sense accepted by nearly all modern authors. There are 
about 80 species, of 7 or 8 genera, mostly Inhabiting tropi- 
cal or subtropical regions eitherin salt or fresh water ; but 
several extend much further, both north and south. Two at 
least are common in British waters, and two others abound 
along the Atlantic coast of the United states. None oc- 
cur on the Pacific coast north of southern California. 
Most of the Mugilidce feed almost entirely upon the or- 
ganic matter contained in mud. The mud is worked for 
some time between the pharyngeal bones, which are pecu- 
liarly complicated ; the indigestible part* are then ejected, 
and the rest is swallowed. See cut under mullet. 
mugiliform (mu'ji-li-fdrm), a. [< L. mugil, a 
mullet, -I- forma, form.] Having the form of 
a mullet ; resembling the 3Iugiliformes. 
Mugiliformes (mu*ji-li-f6r'mez), n. pi. [KL.: 
see mugiliform.] Gtinther's eleventh division 
of Acanthopterygii. It includes Mugilidce, Aihe- 
rinidce, and Sphyra'nidte. 
mugiloid (mu'ji-loid), a. and n. [< L. mugil, a 
mullet, + Gr. eloof, form.] I. a. Mugiliform; 
of or pertaining to the Mugilidtf or Mugiloidei. 
H. n. A mngiloid or mugiliform fish. Agax- 
siz; Sir J. Richardson. 
Mugiloidei (mu-ji-loi'de-I), n. pi. [NL.] Cu- 
vier's eleventh family (in French Mugiloides) 
of Acanthopterygii, comprising forms with the 
ventral fins abdominal or subabdominal in posi- 
tion, two dorsal fins, and small teeth. It in- 
cluded the Mugilidae, Tetragonuridce, and Athe- 
rinid<e of subsequent systems. 
mugs, muggs (mugz). . pi. [Origin obscure.] 
The Teeswater breed of sheep. [Scotch.] 
mugweed (mug' wed), n. [Perhaps a corruption, 
simulating treed 1 , of mugget: seemugget 2 .] The 
crosswort, Galium cruciatum. Also golden mug- 
weed. 
mugwett, M. See mugget 2 . 
mugwort (mug'wert), n. [Also dial. (Sc.) mug- 
gart, muggon; < ME. mugworte, corruptly mugh- 
warde, < AS. mucgwyrt, mugwyrt, a plant, Arte- 
misia vulgaris, < "mueg, mycg, midge, + wyrt, 
plant.] The plant Artemisia vulgaris; also, 
sometimes, A. Absinthium. In the United States the 
western mugwort is A. Lvdovieiana, the leaves, as In A. 
vulgaris, white-tomentose beneath. East Indian mug- 
wort, Cyathocline lyrata, related to Artemisia. West In- 
dian mugwort, Partftenium Hystfrophorus. 
mugwump (mug' wump),n. and a. [<Algonkin 
mugquomn, a great man, chief, captain, leader: 
used in Eliot's translation of the Bible (1661) to 
render the E. terms captain,duke, centurion, etc.] 
1. n. If. AJQ Indian chief ; an Indian leader. Said 
to have been used among the Indians and whites of Mas- 
sachusetts and Connecticut in tin- seventeenth and eigh- 
teenth centuries. 
2. (a) A person of importance ; a man of conse- 
quence ; a leader. In this sense long in local use 
along the coast of Massachusetts and the Connecticut 
shore of Long Island Sound. Hence (6) A person 
who thinks himself of consequence; a self-im- 
portant man : a humorous or satirical use of the 
preceding. In this sense the word was also long in local 
use as above, and occasionally appeared in print (as in 
the Indianapolis "Sentinel," In 1872, and the New York 
"Sun," March 2Sd, 1884). 
The great Mwnrvmp [a Democratic (Locofoco) candidate 
for county commissioner] was delivered of a speech upon 
the occasion, which was highly applauded by the great 
"Doctor Dum-nev.T." 
Tippecanoc Log-cabin Snngtter, May 29, 18*0 (a later edi- 
Ition, dated July 4, 1840): issued "from the office 
[of the ' Great Western.' " 
(In a "song" following the above, in the "negro" dia- 
lect, the same person is referred to as "ole mug," and 
"honest, honest, mwjtntmp coon.") 
Then the great mugwump [a Democratic (Locofoco) can- 
didate for Congress] was delivered of a speech which the 
faithful loudly applauded. 
Solon RMnson, editorial In the "Great Western," 
[Lake Co., 111., July 4, 1840. 
We have yet to see a Blalne organ which speaks of the 
Independent Republicans otherwise than as Pharisees, 
hypocrites, dudes, mujiTOmjn, transcendentalists, or some- 
thing of that sort. AVic York Evening Poet, June 20, 1884. 
The educated men in all the university towns . . . are 
in open revolt now. . . . We presume they can he partially 
mulberry 
disposed of by calling them free-traders all educated 
mi 'n :ire free-traders, It seems and if any of them hold 
out after that, they can be called mvjirumpt. 
The Nation, July 24. 1884, p. 61. 
3. [<;>.] In r. X. iiiilit. hint., one of the Inde- 
jM-nilent members of the Re-publican party who 
in 1H84 openly refused to support the nominee 
(.lune 6th) of that party for the presidency of 
the Uniti-d States, and either voted for the 
Democratic or the Prohibitionist candidate or 
abstained from voting. The word was not generally 
known in any sense before this time, but It took the popu- 
lar fancy, and was at once accepted by the Independents 
themselves as an honorable title. [U. 8. political slang 
in this sense and the next.] 
4. In general, an independent. 
For that large class of people natural muywtimpi 
who regard the right of property as far above those of per- 
sons, economy seems commendable. 
The American, XVI. 227. 
II. a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mugwump (in 
sense 2 (b)). 
The faithful forty-seven [Locofoco voters] would do well 
to be careful how they follow the lead of this mugwump 
coon. Solon Robinson, editorial in "Great Western, ' 
[Lake Co., 111., Aug. 8, 1840. 
[See also note following the first quotation under I., 2 (b). ] 
2. Of or pertaining to a political mugwump (in 
sense 3 or 4). 
The Democrats now are satisfied as to the strength of 
the Mugwump stomach. The American, XVI. 229. 
mugwump (mug'wump), r. i. [< mugwump, n.] 
To act like a mugwump ; assert one's indepen- 
dence. [Slang.] 
They mugmtmped In 1884. 
New York Tribune, March 10, 1889. 
mugwumpery (mug'wump-er-i), n. [< mug- 
wump + -ery.] The principles or conduct of a 
mugwump in the political sense. [Slang.] 
The second service . . . rendered to the community Is 
in reminding the practitioners of the spoils system that 
they cannot in our day get rid of Muyirumpery and all 
that the term Implies. The Nation, XLVIII. 378. 
mugwumpism (mug'wump-izm), i). Same as 
mugwumpery. 
Munammadan, Muhammadanism, etc. See 
Mohammedan, etc. 
Muharram (mij-har'am), M. [Ar.] A Moslem 
religious festival, held during the first month 
of the Mohammedan year. The ceremonies with 
the Shiah Moslems have special reference to the death of 
Hnsain, grandson of Mohammed, who is looked upon by 
the Shlahs as a martyr ; with the Sunnltes they have ref- 
erence to the day of creation. Also Moharram. 
iiuiir (mttr), w. A Scotch form of moor 1 . 
muir-duck (miir'duk), n. See duck%. 
muir-ill (mur'il), . A Scotch form of moor-ill. 
muirland (mur'land), . A Scotch form of 
moorland. 
muir-poot (mur'pSt), . A young moor-fowl 
or grouse. Scott. [Scotch.] 
muiik (mo'zhik), n. Same as muzhik. 
mult, n. An obsolete form of mull 1 . 
mulatto (mu-lat'd), . and a. [= G. mulatte 
= D. Dan. mttlat = Sw. mulatt = F. muldtre = 
It. mulatto = Pg. mulato, < Sp. mulato, a mu- 
latto, equiv. tomuleto, a mulatto, so called as of 
hybrid origin, lit. a mule, dim. of mulo, a mule : 
see mule.] I. n. One who is the offspring of 
parents of whom one is white and the other 
a negro. The mulatto is of a yellow color.wlth frizzled 
or woolly hair, and resembles the European more than the 
African. 
II. a. Of the color of a mulatto. 
There were a dozen stout men, black as sable Itself, 
about the same number of women of all shades of color, 
from deepest jet up to light mulatto. 
V. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 84. 
mulattress (mu-lat'res), n. [< mulatto + 
-tress.] A female mulatto, 
mulberry (mul'ber'i), n. and a. [< ME. mul- 
bery, moolbery, prob. < AS. 'morberie (not re- 
corded, but cf . morbedm, mulberry -tree ; the 
AS. form "murberie, often cited, is erroneous) 
= D. moerbezie = LG. mulberie= OHG. morberi, 
murberi, MHG. mulbere, 
G. maulbeere = Sw. mul- 
bdr = Dan. morb<er, mul- 
berry, the mulberry- 
tree, < *mor, ME. more, 
< L. mdrum, < Gr. u6pav, 
uopov, a mulberry; L. 
morus, Gr. uopia, a mul- 
berry-tree : see more* 
andoerry 1 . The dissimi- 
lation of the first r to I 
is due to the following 
r.] I. n. ', pi. mulber- 
ries (-iz). 1. The berry - 
Black Mulberry i.iA. vr,. like collective fruit of 
