Mutilla 
of which about 50 F.uropfun :iinl '.< American species are 
catalogued. M. occitlenlalii is said to din deep noles and 
store them with insects. The larval habits are Imperfectly 
Mutillidse (mu-til'i-de). . ]>( [NF.... < Miitilln 
+ -nlit:] A family of fosHorial liyrnenopterous 
insects I'oumlcil by l/i'itoh in 1817, known as 
Military inilx. The females are wingless, witliout ocelli, 
anil armed with a powerful stintf , the males are winged 
with few r\i rptimis. About lf>o species are known in the 
I niicdstati'x; thryinv must abundant In theSouth. Their 
luiiits are mainly diurnal, though the African species of 
ltn,,/ii are nocturnal. Nearly all the species make a 
iTrakini: noise when alarmed. This is produced by the 
friction of tlie abdominal segments. About a dozen gen- 
era have been described. A common Texan species is 
known us the mir-k-illfr ant. Also called Mutilladas, Mu- 
tillnriir, Mutaiida, Mutillides. MutOKtes. 
mutiloust (mu'ti-lus), a. [= It. mutilo, < L. 
nntiiliiH, maimed: see mutilate, t\] Mutilated; 
defective; imperfect. [Rare.] 
The abscission of the most sensible part, for preserva- 
tion of a inutilou* and imperfect body. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1886), I. 250. 
inutinet, mutint (mu'tin), n. and a. [< OF. nni- 
lin. iiiriitiH, F. mutin, a mutineer, (.mutin, meu- 
lin, mutinous, tumultuous; as a noun, also a 
sedition, mutiny (= Sp. matin = Pg. motim, a 
mutiny), < meute, a sedition: see wiwte 3 .] I. it. 
A. ii i in i in cf. 
Methought I lay 
Worse than the mutiites in the bilboes. 
II. (I. Mutinous. 
. 
Shot., Hamlet, v. _'.. 
Suppresseth mutin force and practicke fraud. 
Misfortune! of Arthur (1587). (Kara.) 
inutinet (mu'tin), r. i. [< F. mutiner (= Sp. 
Pg. a-motinar = It. ammutinare (cf. G. men- 
tern), mutiny, < mutin, mutinous: see muline, .] 
To mutiny. 
Kails at his fortunes, stamps, and mutines, why he is not 
made a councillor, and called to affairs of state. 
/;. Jonson, Eplcume, i. 1. 
For the giddy favour of a mutininy rout Is as dangerous 
as thir furle. Milton, Hist. Eng., ii. 
He staleth the legion at Bebriacum, being hardly wlth- 
holden from mutining, because he would not lead them 
to fight. Sir U. Sarnie, tr. of Tacitus, p. 65. 
mutineer (mu-ti-ner'), n. [Formerly also mu- 
tiner; < OF. muf utter, a mutineer, < mutin, mu- 
tinous, a mutiny: see /<<.] One guilty of 
mutiny; especially, a person in military or 
naval service (either in a man-of-war or in a 
merchant vessel) who openly resists the au- 
thority of his officers, or attempts to subvert 
their authority or in any way to overthrow due 
subordination and discipline. 
The morrow next, before the Sacred Tent 
This Mutiiier with sacred Censer went. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. 
Murmurers are like to mutiiunt, where one cursed vil- 
lalne may be the rulne of a whole camp. 
Breton, A Munuurer, p. 8. (Danes.) 
mutineer (mu-ti-uer'), r. i. [< mutineer, .] 
To mutiny; play a mutinous part. 
But what's the good of mutinctritvj? continued the 
second mate, addressing the man in the fur cap. 
Daily Telegraph (London), Nov. 26, 1881. (Encyc. Diet.) 
mutinert, * An obsolete form of mutineer. 
muting 1 (mu'tiug), n. [Verbal n. of mute*, t'.] 
The act or process of damping or deadening 
the sound, as of a musical instrument. 
A more complete mutiny by one long strip of buff lea- 
ther, the "sourdine." Encyc. Brit., XIX. 70. 
muting 2 (mu'tiug), . [Verbal n. of mute*, .] 
The act of passing excrement: said of fowls: 
also, the dung of fowls. 
With hooting wild, 
Thou causest uproars ; and our holy things, 
Font, Table, Pulpit, they be all defll'd 
With thy broad iinttiii'ix. 
Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, II. 119. 
mutinous (mu'ti-nus), a. [< mutine + -CMS.] 
1 . Engaged in or disposed to mutiny ; resisting 
or disposed to resist the authority of laws and 
regulations, especially the articles and regula- 
tions of an army or a navy. Sec mutiny. 
A voyage the natural difficulties of which had been much 
augmented by the distrust and mutinoui spirit of his fol- 
lowers. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa,, i. 18. 
2. Seditious. 
Then brought he forth Sedition, breeding stryfe 
In troublous wits, and mutinous uprore. 
Spenser, F. Q... V. U. 48. 
He Is verie seditious and mutinous In conuersation, pick- 
ing qimrrells with euerlc man that will not magnifle and 
applaud him. Nash, Haue with you to Saffron- Walden. 
The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. 
3. Rebellious: petulant: misrli'u>vous. = syn. 1. 
Refractory, insubordinate, riotous, rebellious. See iiwur- 
rtction. 
mutinously (mu'ti-nus-li), adv. In a mutinous 
manner; seditiously. 
3015 
A woman, a young woman, a fair woman, wu to govern 
a people In nature mutinously proud, and always before 
used to hard governoure. Sir P. Sidney. 
The vakeel wavered, and to my astonishment I heard the 
accusation made ngalnrt him that . . . the whole of the 
escort had i/iutt/imwfv conspired to desert me. 
sir ,s'. VT. Halter, Heart of Africa, p. 171. 
mutinousness (nm'ti-mis-nes), . The state of 
liciiiK mutinous; seditiousncss; resistance or 
the spirit of resistance to lawful authority, es- 
pecially among military and naval won. 
mutiny (mu'ti-ni), .; pi. mutinies (-niz). [< 
mutine.~\ 1. Forcible resistance to or revolt 
against constituted authority on the part of 
subordinates; specifically, a revolt of soldiers 
or seamen, with or without armed resistance, 
against the authority of their commanding offi- 
cers. 
Their mutinies and revolts, wherein they show'd 
Most valour, spoke not for them. 
Sna*., Cor., lil. 1. 126. 
By military men mutiny U understood to Imply extreme 
Insubordination, as Individually resisting by force or col- 
lectively opposing military authority. lees. 
2. Any rebellion against constituted authority ; 
by statute under British rule, any attempt to ex- 
cite opposition to lawful authority, particularly 
military or naval authority, or any act of con- 
tempt directed against officers, or disobedience 
of their commands; any concealment of muti- 
nous acts, or neglect to take measures toward 
a suppression of them. 
If this frame 
Of heaven were falling, and these elements 
In mutiny had from her axle torn 
The stedfast earth. Milton, V. L. , ii. 926. 
In every mutiny against the discipline of the college he 
was the ringleader. llacaulay, Samuel Johnson. 
3f. Tumult ; violent commotion. 
And, In the mutiny of his deep wonders, 
He tells you now, you weep too late. 
Keait. and Fl. 
They may see how many mutinies, disorders, and dis- 
sentlons haue accompanied them, and crossed their at- 
tempts. Quoted in ('"/'' John Smith's Works, L 104. 
4. Discord: strife. 
A man of complements, whom right and wrong 
Have chose as umpire of their mutiny. 
Shale., L. L. L, I. 1. 170. 
Indian mutiny, Sepoy mutiny, a revolt of the Sepoy or 
native troops in British India, which broke out at Meerut 
May 10th, 1857, and spread through the flanges valley and 
Central India. The chief Incidents were the massacres of 
Europeans at Cawnpore and elsewhere, the defense of 
Lucknow, and the siege of Delhi. The revolt was sup- 
pressed In 1858, and a consequence or result of it was 
the transference of the administration of India from the 
East India Company to the crown. Mutiny Act, a series 
of regulations enacted from year to year after 1689 by the 
British Parliament for the government of the military 
forces of the country, merged in the Army Discipline and 
Regulation Act of 1879 and in the Army Act of 1881. 
Mutiny of the Bounty, a mutiny of the sailors of 
H. M/S. Bounty, commanded by William Uligh, which 
took place In the Pacific ocean in 1788 under the lead 
of Fletcher Christian. A part of the mutineers settled 
In Pltcalrn Island, and were long Roverned by John Adams. 
Descendants of the mutineers and of Tahftians still occupy 
the island. = Syn. 1 and 2. Sedition, Revolt, etc. See in- 
surrection. 
mutiny (mu'ti-ni), r. '.; pret. and pp. muti- 
nied, ppr. mutinying. [< mutiny, n.] To revolt 
against lawful authority, with or without 
armed resistance, especially in the army or 
navy; excite or be guilty of mutiny, or muti- 
nous conduct. 
The same soldiers who In hard service and In battle are 
in perfect subvention to their leaders, In peace and luxury 
are apt to mutm.v and rebel. South, Sermons, II. Iv. 
Mutisia (mu-tis'i-ii). . [NL. (Carolns Lin- 
naeus films, 1781), 'named after its discover- 
er, Jose Celestino Mutis (1732-1808), a South 
American botanist.] A genus of erect or climb- 
ing shrubs, type of the tribe Alutisiacea:, charac- 
terized by pistillate flowers, plumose pappus, 
alternate leaves commonly ending in a tendril, 
and large solitary heads with the flowers pro- 
jecting. There are about 3 species, all South American, 
commonly leaf-climbers, with large purple, pink, or yellow 
flowers, many highly ornamental in the greenhouse. 
Mutisiacese (mu-tis-i-a'se-e), n. i>l. [NL. (Lea- 
sing, 1832), < Miitisia + -arete."} A tribe of shrubs 
and herbs of the order Composite, typified by 
the genus Mutixia, and distinguished by two 
prolonged tails at the base of the anthers and 
a two-lipped corolla. It Includes s subtribes and 52 
genera, mostly In South America anil Mexico, also in Afii< a 
and Asia north to Japan. Five genera are found w iiliin 
the limits of the I'nitcd States, chiefly in the extreme 
south and southwest. 
mutism 1 (mu'tizm), . [= F. iiiiitinnic: as umi/ ' 
+ -ism.] The state of being mute or dumb; si- 
lence. 
Paulina was awed by the savants, but not quite to 
inittixin; she couversed modestly, dimiji-nth. 
Charlotte Bronte, Villette, xxvii. 
mutton 
mutism 2 (mu'tizm), ii. [= F. mutisme; as 
miitc^ + -i*m.] Sumo us vintage. 
mutive (imVtiv), n. [< in n Ii-" + -ive. Cf. mu- 
iiiiire.'} Changeful; mutable. [Kare.] 
Where while on traytor sea, and mid the mutirr wlnde*. 
A Herrings Taylc (1598). (.Vans.) 
mutter (mut'er), v. [< ME. iiiutcren, moleren 
= G. muttern (cf. LO. //<./<;, >*</), mut- 
ter, whisper; cf. It. dial, miittire, call, L. ;(- 
in i, HI n I in, miittiT; ult. imitative, like mum 1 , 
murmur, etc.] I. intraiiit. 1. To utter words 
in a low tone and with compressed lips, as in 
complaint or sullenness ; murmur ; grumble. 
Ko man dare accuse them, no, not so much u mutter 
against them. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. '213. 
She, ending, waved her hands : thereat the crowd, 
Mutttriny, dissolved. Tennyson, Prlneen, Iv. 
2. To emit a low rumbling sound. 
The deep roar 
Of distant thunder muttrn awfully. 
Shelley, Queen Mab, L 4. 
n. trans. To utter with imperfect articula- 
tion, or in a low murmuring tone. 
Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered 
perversenesa. Isa. llx. S. 
There are a kind of men so loose of soul 
That In their sleeps will mutter their affairs. 
Shalr., Othello, III. 3. 417. 
mutter (mut'er) . [< mutter, r.] A murmur 
or murmuring; sullen or veiled utterance. 
I hear some mutter at Bishop Laud's carriage there i in 
Scotland! that it was too haughty and pontifical. 
Binrell, Letters, I. vL 23. 
Without his rod reversed, 
And backward mutters of dissevering power, 
We cannot free the Lady that sits here 
In stony fetters flx'd. Milton, C'omus, 1. 817. 
mutteration (mut-e-ra'shon), n. [< mutter, r., 
+ -flftow.] The act of muttering or complain- 
ing. [Rare.] 
So the night paaed off with prayings, hoplngs, and a lit- 
tle mutteration. 
Sichardmn, Sir Charles Grandlson, IV. 282. (Daviet.) 
mutterer (mut'er-er), n. One who mutters; a 
grumbler. 
The words of a mutterer, saith the Wise man, are as 
wounds, going into the innermost parts. 
Barrow, The Decalogue, Ninth Commandment. 
muttering (mut'er-ing), . [Verbal n. of mut- 
ter, t'.] The sound made by one who mutters; 
grumbling; mumbling: as, an angry muttering. 
It (the relinquishing of some places) would take away 
the mutterings that run of Multiplicity of Offices. 
Umcetl, Letters, I. iv. 18. 
Those who saw [Pitt] . . . In his decay . . . say that his 
speaking was then ... a low, monotonous muttering. 
Macaulay, William Pitt. 
mutteringly (mut'er-ing-li), adv. In a mutter- 
ing manner; without distinct articulation. 
mutterous (mut'er-us), a. [< mutter, v., + 
-OHS.~\ Muttering; murmuring; buzzing. 
Like bees . . . that . . . toyle with mutterous humbling. 
filanihumt, .Kntid, i. VIS. 
mutton (raut'n), H. [< ME. niotoii. motoiin, 
mutoutt, motane, molton, mutton, < OF. mototi, 
moutvn, mutton, molton, F. mouton = Pr. mutin, 
motto, moto = It. montone = Cat. motto = It. 
montone, dial, moltone, < ML. multo(n-), mol- 
to(n-), monto(n-), montoiiux, a wether, a sheep, 
also a coin so called; cf. Ir. molt = Gael, mult 
= Manx mult = W. mollt = Bret, maout, meul, 
a wether, sheep; the Celtic words are appar. 
not orig., but from the ML.; the ML. may be 
connected with mod. Pr. mout, Swiss mot, mutt, 
castrated, mutilated (cf. mod. Pr. eabro movln. 
a goat deprived of its horns, L. rapra mutita); 
prob. < L. mutilus, maimed, mutilated. In this 
view ML. multo(n-), molto(n-) was orig. a cas- 
trated ram or. less prob., a ram deprived of its 
horns: a rustic word displacing the common 
L. aries, a ram, and extended to mean 'sheep 
in general.'] 1. A sheep. [Obsolete or ludi- 
crous.] 
The hynde In pees with the leon, 
The wolfe in pees with the milton. 
Goirfr, Conf. Amant., Prol. 
The wolf In fleecy hosiery . . . did not as yet molest her 
[the lamb], being replenished with the mutton her mamma. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, i. 
2. The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food. 
The molon boyled Is of nature and complexion sangnyne, 
the whlche. to my jugement. is holsome for your grace. 
Du Guez, p. ion, quoted In Babees Book (E. E. T. s.\ 
[Index, p. 102. 
3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Slang.] 
The old lecher hath got holy mutton to him, a nunne, 
my lord. Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. 
4. An Anglo-French gold coin : so called from 
its being impressed with the image of a lamb. 
See miiiiti'H and </;/'-'. Davies. 
