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mutton

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mutton  \Mut"ton\,  n.  [OE.  motoun,  OF  moton,  molton,  a  sheep, 
  wether,  F.  mouton,  LL  multo,  by  transposition  of  l  fr  L. 
  mutilus  mutilated.  See  {Mutilate}.] 
  1.  A  sheep.  [Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  Not  so  much  ground  as  will  feed  a  mutton.  --Sir  H. 
  Sidney. 
 
  Muttons,  beeves,  and  porkers  are  good  old  words  for 
  the  living  quadrupeds.  --Hallam. 
 
  2.  The  flesh  of  a  sheep. 
 
  The  fat  of  roasted  mutton  or  beef.  --Swift. 
 
  3.  A  loose  woman;  a  prostitute.  [Obs.] 
 
  {Mutton  bird}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  Australian  short-tailed  petrel 
  ({Nectris  brevicaudus}). 
 
  {Mutton  chop},  a  rib  of  mutton  for  broiling,  with  the  end  of 
  the  bone  at  the  smaller  part  chopped  off 
 
  {Mutton  fish}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  American  eelpout.  See 
  {Eelpout}. 
 
  {Mutton  fist},  a  big  brawny  fist  or  hand.  [Colloq.]  --Dryden. 
 
  {Mutton  monger},  a  pimp.  [Low  &  Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  {To  return  to  one's  muttons}.  [A  translation  of  a  phrase  from 
  a  farce  by  De  Brueys  revenons  [`a]  nos  moutons  let  us 
  return  to  our  sheep.]  To  return  to  one's  topic,  subject  of 
  discussion,  etc  [Humorous] 
 
  I  willingly  return  to  my  muttons.  --H.  R. 
  Haweis 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mutton 
  n  1:  meat  from  a  mature  domestic  sheep  [syn:  {mouton}] 
  2:  the  square  of  a  body  of  any  size  of  type  [syn:  {em},  {mut}]




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