mumper 
mumper (mum'per), . A beggar. 
Since the king of beggars was married to the queen of 
sluts, at Lowzy-hill, near Beggars-hush, being most splen- 
didly attended on by a ragged regiment of IIIM;/C. 
Poor Kobin (1094). (Nares.) 
The country gentleman [of thetime of Charles II.] . . . 
was . . . deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng. (Latham.) 
mumping-day (mump'ing-da), n. St. Thomas's 
day, the twenty-first of December, when the 
poor go about the country begging corn, etc. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Bug.] 
mumpish (mum'pish), a. [< mump' 1 + -is}! 1 .] 
Dull; heavy; sullen; sour. 
mumpishly (mum'pish-li), adf. In a mumpish 
manner; dully; sullenly. 
mumpishness (mum'pish-nes), re. The state of 
being mumpish ; sullenness. 
mumps (mumps), n. pi. (also used as sing.). [PI. 
of 'mump 1 , n.,< mump 1 , v. Cf. mump 2 .] 1. Sul- 
lenness; silent displeasure; sulks. [Rare.] 
The Sunne was so in his mumps uppon it, that it was al- 
most noone before hee could goe to cart that day. 
Sashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 168). (Dames.) 
2. A contagious non-suppurative inflammation 
of the parotid and sometimes of the other sali- 
vary glands and of the cireumglandular connec- 
tive tissue ; idiopathic parotitis. Mumps is usual- 
ly an innocent affection without dangers or sequela;. It 
begins with pain and then swelling behind the jaw, close 
to the ear, on one side. The pain at first is caused by mo- 
tion of the Jaw or the presence of acids. The other side 
is involved a day or two later. There may be inflamma- 
tion of the testes and scrotum in males, or of the mammaj, 
ovaries, and vulva in females ; this extension is, however, 
mostly confined to pubescence and adult life. One attack 
usually protects. The period of incubation is thought to 
be from 7 to 14 days. 
3f. A drinking game. 
Now, he is nobody that cannot drinke super nagulum, 
carouse the hunter's hoop, quaife upsey freze crosse, with 
leapes gloves, mumpes, frolickes, and a thousand such 
domineering inventions. Sashe, Pierce Penilesse. 
mumpsimus (mump'si-mus), n. [A term ori- 
ginating in the story of an ignorant priest who 
in saying his mass had long said mumpsimus for 
sumpsimus, and who, when his error was point- 
ed out, replied, "I am not going to change my 
old mumpsimus for your new sumpsimus." The 
story evidently refers to the post-communion 
prayer "Quod ore sumpsimus," etc.] An error 
obstinately clung to; a prejudice. 
Some be to stiff e in their old mumpgimus, others be to 
busy and curious in their newe sumpsimus. 
Hall, Hen. VIII., f. 261. (Halliwett.) 
Mere chance of circumstances is their infallible deter- 
minator of the true and the false, and, somehow, it cannot 
but be that their old mumpsimus is preferable to any new 
sumpsimus. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 137. 
mun 1 (mun), n. [< ME. mun, prob. < Sw. mre 
= Dan. mund = G. mund = D. mond = E. mouth ; 
see mouth.] The mouth. 
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, 
Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns. 
Popular rime, quoted by Halliwell. 
mun 2 , . A variant of mown 2 , maun that is, 
must. [Now only provincial.] 
A gentleman mun show himself like a gentleman. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, 1. 1. 
mun 3 (mun), n. [Origin not ascertained.] One 
of a band of dissolute young fellows who, in the 
reign of Queen Anne, swaggered by night in 
the streets of London, breaking windows, over- 
turning sedans, beating men, and offering rude 
caresses to women; a Mohawk. 
mun 4 (mun), w. 1. A dialectal variant of maw, 
used indefinitely for both numbers of the third 
personal pronoun (lie, him, they, them). 
I've seed mun [him] do what few has. 
Kingsley, Westward Ho, xxx. 
Look to mun [them] the works of the Lord. 
Kinysley, Westward Ho, xxx. 
2. A familiar term of address applied to per- 
sons of either sex and of any age : usually at 
the end of a sentence and practically expletive : 
as, mind what I'm telliu' you, mun. [Prov. Eng. 
and southern U. S.] 
munch (munch), v. [Formerly also maunch, 
mounch; < ME. munchen, var. of manchen, 
maunchen, var. of maungen, mangen, eat: see 
mange, v. For the relation of munch to mauncli 1 , 
cf . that of crunch to craunch.] I. trans. To chew 
deliberately or continuously ; masticate audi- 
bly; champ. 
And some wolde munche hire mete al allone. 
Chaucer, Troilus, i. 915. 
I could munch your good dry oats. 
Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. 86. 
II. intraitx. To chew continuously and noisily. 
3898 
A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, 
And nnincfi'd, and munch'd, and mutlch'd. 
Shalt., Macbeth, i 3. 5. 
munch (munch), n. [< miiucli, r.] Something 
munch-presentt, . 
A variant of maunch-pres- 
a. and . [= 
: see 
mungo 
be met with, or to be looked for in this world. 
[Bare.] 
A vacuum and an exorbitancy are mmitliddioui evils. 
jr. Ward, Simple Cooler, p. 21. 
mundificant (mun-dif'i- 
I'g. ninndijicantc = It. 
difica n(t-)s, ppr. of m 
Mmcketetttry. A g,!, b.tttr, t|,, pi,,,. -;;) . H,,iug th, pt t. d,.n 
9?f j&tf :@sa 3^HEb a > ta "-"" - 
These are placed in such a manner as mutually to inter- P las ^- ; ""> ''""""./".' 
lock on a frame which is immersed in a trough of acidu- mundlfication (mun"di-fi-ka shon), n. [= t . 
lated solution. mondijicdtion = Pg. mundijicac.au = It. mondifi- 
muncorn, re. Same as mangcorn. cazione, < ML. mundificatio(n-), < LL. mundifi- 
mundH, n. [AS.: see mown* 1 .] In Anglo-Saxon Cf ,re, pp. mundificatus, cleanse : see mundify.] 
law, protection; security. Compare mundium. The act or operation of cleansing any body 
from dross or extraneous matter. 
The juice both of the braunehes and hearbe itself, as also 
of the root, is singular for to scour the jaundice, and all 
things els which have need of clensing and mvndijication. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxiv. 6. 
(mund), re. 
mound?.] A globe or ball : same as mound*. 
Till . . . a waiver was given, the wrong-doer remained 
in the folk's mund; and to act against him without such 
a waiver, or without appeal to the folk, was to act against 
the folk itself, for it was a breach of the peace or frith to 
which his mund entitled him. 
J. Jt. Green, Conq. of Eng , p. 23. 
IX L. mundus, world: see mundificativet (mun'di-fi -ka-tiv), a. and n. 
[= F. mondificatif = Sp. Pg. mundificativo = It. 
mondificatii'O, < ML. mundificativus, < LL. mun- 
dificare, pp. mundijicatus, cleanse: see mitndi- 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, i. 258. fy.] Same as mundificant. 
mundane (mun'dan), a. and n. [In ME. man- mundifier (mun'di-fi-er), n. Same as mimdifr- 
dain, < OF. mondain, F. mondain, = Sp. Pg. cant, liees. 
mundano = It. mondano; < LL. mundanus, be- mundify (mun'di-fi), v.; pret. and pp. mundt- 
longing to the world, < L. mundus, the world, fied, ppr. mundijijing. [< F. mondifier = bp. 
< mundus, adorned, elegant, clean ; cf . cosmos 1 .] Pg- mundficar = It. mondtficare, < LL. mundi- 
I a. 1. Belonging to this world; worldly; terres- fieare, cleanse, < L. mundus, clean, + facere, 
trial: earthlv: as. this mundane sphere: mun- make.] I. trans. To cleanse ; make clean ; pu- 
trial; earthly: as, this mundane sphere; mun 
dane existence. 
The pompous wealth renouncing of mondain glory. 
Hot. of Gloucester, p. 579, App. No. 2. 
rify. 
Here mercury, here hellebore, 
Old ulcers mundtfying. 
Drayton, Muses' Elysium, v. 
I, King Pericles, have lost 
This queen, worth all our mundane cost. 
Shak., Pericles, iii. 2. 71. 
A sight . . . fitted for meditation on the volatility of 
mundane things. Lathrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 96. 
2. In astrol., relating to the horizon, and not 
to the ecliptic. Thus, mundane parallels are small 
circles parallel to the horizon ; mundane aspects are dif- 
ferences of azimuth amounting to some simple aliquot 
part of the circle. But the mundane aspects are calcu- 
lated in such violation of the truths of trigonometry as to 
leave room for dispute as to what is intended. Mun- ,., , ,.,, ,., 
dane astrology. Seeastrology,!. Mundane era. See mundll (mun'dil), n. Same as mandil*. 
era. mundiumt, [ML.: see mund 1 .] In Anglo- 
Saxon law, protection. See the quotation. 
Whatever stains were theirs, let them reside 
In that pure place, and they were mundifled. 
Crabbe, Works, VIII. 132. 
II. intrans. To do something by way of 
cleansing. 
To cleanse and mundifie where need is. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxiii. 4. 
Or at least forces him, upon the ungrateful inconvenien- 
cy, to steer to the next barber's shop, to new rig and mun- 
difie. Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum (1699). (Nares.) 
And the worst oppressions in consequence of the mun- 
dium [protection given by a noble or rich man to a poorer, 
for services to be rendered and assessments paid by the 
latter! led to the fear that a new serfdom might arise. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. ex. 
Il.t n. A dweller in this world. 
By the shyppe we may vnderstande ye folyes and er- 
roures that the mondaynes are in, by the se this presente 
worlde. Prol. to Watsons tr. of Ship of Fools. 
mundanely (mun'dan-li), adv. In a mundane 
manner; with reference to worldly things, 
mundanity (mun-dan'i-ti), n. [= F. mon- mundivagant (mun-div'a-gant), a. [< L. mun- 
danite = It. mondanitd,, '< ML. mundanita(t-)s, dus, the world (see mundane), + vagan(t-)s, ppr. 
love of the world, < L. mtmdanus, of the world: of vagari, wander: see vagrant.] Wandering 
see mundane.] The quality of being mundane ; over the world. J.Philips. [Bare.] 
worldliness; worldly feelings ; the way of the mundul (mun/dul), n 
world. 
The love of mundanity, wherein do reside the vital spirits 
of the body of sin. W. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xx. 1. 
He could have blessed her for the tone, for the escape 
into common mundanity. 
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Robert Elsmere, II. xvi. 
mundationt (mun-da'shon), n. [= It. monda- 
zione, < LL. mvndatio(n-'), a cleansing, < L. mun- 
% Same as 
mundungot, mundungust(mun-dung'go, -gus), 
n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo, paunch, tripes, black- 
pudding.] Tobacco made up into a black roll. 
With these mundungo's, and a breath that smells 
Like standing pools in subterranean cells. 
Satyr against Hypocrites (1689). (Hares.) 
Exhale mundunaus, ill-perfuming scent. 
J. Philips, Splendid Shilling. 
dare, pp. mimdatus, cleanse, < mundus, clean: munerary (mu'ne-ra-ri), o. [<LL. munerarius, 
see mundane.] The act of cleansing. Bailey, belonging to a gift, < L. muniis (nmner-), a gift : 
1731. gee munerate.] Having the nature of a gift. 
Bailey, 1731. [Rare.] 
LL. 
mundatory (mun'da-to-ri), a. and n. [< 
mundatorius, belonging to cleansing, < mun- muneratet (raii'ne-rat), v. t. [< L. mmieratus, 
dator, a cleanser, < L. mundare, pp. mundatus, pp. O f munerare ("> It. mwierare), give, < munus 
cleanse: tee inundation.] I.t a. Having pow- (nmner-), OL. moenus (moener-), a service, of- 
er to cleanse; cleansing. Bailey, 1727. [Rare.] fice, function, favor, gift, present, a public 
II. n.; pi. mandatories (-riz). Sameas^Mri- show: cf. mnnia,moenia, duties, service. Hence 
ficator. remunerate.] Same as remunerate. 
mund-byrdt (AS. pron. mund'biird), n. [AS. munerationt (mu-ne-ra'shou), n. [= It. mune- 
(= OS. mundburd = OHG. mund'iburd), protec- razione, < LL. muneratio(n-), a giving, < L. mu- 
tion, patronage, aid, a fine (see def.), < mund, nerare, pp. mmieratus, give: see munerate.] 
protection, -f *byrd,< beran, bear: see Senr 1 and game as remuneration. 
birth.] In early Eng. hist., a fee or fine paid munga (mung'ga), n. Same as bonnet-macaque. 
for securing protection. mungcorn (mung'k6rn), n. Same as mangcorn. 
In the laws of Ethelbert the king's mundbyrd is fixed mungCet, . See munjeet. 
at fifty shillings. Stubbs, Const. Hist., 71. nilingo ' (mnng'go), n. [Perhaps < *mmig, mong, 
mundic (mun'dik), n. [Corn.] Iron pyrites, mang, a mixture, as in iiiiniiiciirn, mungcorn. 
either pyrite or marcasite, and including also But the termination, in this view, is not ex- 
arsenical pyrites, or arsenopyrite, which is plained. The early history is not known. Some 
sometimes called arsenical mundic. 
There are mines of silver mixed with copper at Kuten- 
berg, to the west of Prague, in which there is a crystal that 
is thought to be Flores cupri ; they find likewise both white 
and yellow mundic, and formerly they had antimony there. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. ii. 239. 
mundicidioust (muu-di-sid'i-us), a. [< L. mun- 
conjecture that the word is due to a proper 
name, Mungo. This is a Sc. name.] Artificial 
short-staple wool formed by tearing to pieces 
and disintegrating old woolen fabrics, as old 
clothes. The cloth made from it when mixed with a lit- 
tle fresh wool has a fine warm appearance, but from the 
shortness of the fiber is weak and tender. See shoddy. 
dim, the world, -i- cadere (in comp. -cidcre), fall, mungo 2 (mung'go), re. [Cf. NL. Mungos, the 
happen: see cadcnt, chance.] Happening, to specific name of the plant: see Mungos.] An 
