Word Meaning

Meaning of "mummy" and the crossword clue

- Embalmed body
- A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
- Dried flesh of a mummy.
- A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
- A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
- A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
- One whose affections and energies are withered.
- To embalm; to mummify.