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Webster 1913 Edition

Mum

Mum

,
Adj.
[Of imitative origin. Cf.
Mumble
.]
Silent; not speaking;
as, to keep
mum
.
Thackeray.
The citizens are
mum
, and speak not a word.
Shakespeare

Mum

,
int
erj.
Be silent! Hush!
Mum
, then, and no more.
Shakespeare

Mum

,
Noun.
Silence.
[R.]
Hudibras.

Mum

,
Noun.
[G.
mummere
, fr. Christian
Mumme
, who first brewed it in 1492.]
A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
Addison.
The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of
mum
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mum

MUM

,
Adj.
[See Mumble, Mumm, and Mummery.]
1.
Silent; not speaking.
The citizens are mum; say not a word.
2.
As an exclamation or command, be silent; hush.
Mum the, and no more proceed.
3.
As a noun, silence.

MUM

,
Noun.
A species of malt liquor much used in Germany. It is made of the malt of wheat, seven bushels, with one bushel of oat meal and a bushel of ground beans, or in the same proportion. This is brewed with 63 gallons of water, and boiled till one third is evaporated.

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