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n. the condition of being a deaf-mute; a congenital deafness that results in inability to speak. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Malayan gumuti. ] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. An extinct natural family of mammals, comprising the mastodons.
Syn. -- family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. muticus, for mutilus. See Mutilate. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Without a point or pointed process; blunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A cetacean, or a sirenian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. Cf. Mutton. ] 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mutilated p. pr. & vb. n. Mutilating ] 1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to disfigure; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutilated gear,
Mutilated wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It is used for giving intermittent movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. badly injured, perhaps with amputation or permanent disfigurement; as, mutilated victims of the rocket attack.
Syn. -- maimed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. damaged, often deliberately; -- of compositions; as, a mutilated text. Opposite of undamaged or intact.
Syn. -- mangled, mutilated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. mutilatio: cf. F. mutilation. ] The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mutilateur. ] One who mutilates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mutilus. See Mutilate. ] Mutilated; defective; imperfect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mutin. ] A mutineer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. mutiner. ] To mutiny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mutiny. ] One guilty of mutiny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dung of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Mutiny. ] Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mu"ti*nous*ly, adv. -- Mu"ti*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mutinies [ From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See Move. ] 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutiny act (Law), an English statute reenacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Mutinied p. pr. & vb. n. Mutinying ] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]