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Mummy brown
Mummy Mum"my, n.; pl. Mummies. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m?miy[=a], fr. m?m wax.] 1. 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. --Bacon. 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Hill. 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] --Shak. --Sir T. Herbert. 4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below). 5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. 6. One whose affections and energies are withered. Mummy brown, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs. Mummy wheat (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times. To beat to a mummy, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.

Meaning of Mummy brown from wikipedia

- Mummy brown, also known as Egyptian brown or Caput Mortuum,: 254  was a rich brown bituminous pigment with good transparency, sitting between burnt umber...
- A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme...
- or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated...
- up Mummy or mummy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mummy is an unusually well preserved corpse. Mummy or The Mummy may also refer to: Mummy Range...
- becomes a rich reddish brown called burnt sienna. Mummy brown was a pigment used in oil paints made from ground Egyptian mummies. Caput mortuum is a haematite...
- such pigment is caput mortuum, whose name is also used in reference to mummy brown. The latter is another pigment containing hematite and historically produced...
- of the New Kingdom of Egypt, making his mummy over 3,300 years old. Tutankhamun's mummy is the only royal mummy to have been found entirely undisturbed...
- dark brown fur. Mummy Dog a.k.a. Mrs. Dog (voiced by Debbie MacDonald in series 1, Claire Waxler in series 2 and Judy Flynn in series 4, 5 & 6) – Mummy Dog...
- Mummy paper is paper that is claimed to be made from the linen wrappings and other fibers (e.g. papyrus) from Egyptian mummies imported to America circa...
- 24 February 2022. Mary Burke. “Why Brendan O’Carroll's ‘Mammy’ Brown Became ‘Mummy’ Brown.” RTÉ (Irish national broadcaster) website, 2 March 2022. https://www...