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| | Muttony | a. Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Mutton | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The flesh of a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ] The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Mutton bird (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 à nos moutons let us return to our sheep. ] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ] I willingly return to my muttons. H. R. Haweis. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | muttonfish | n. A fish (Lutjanus analis) similar to and often marketed as “red snapper”.
Syn. -- mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | muttonhead | n. A stupid or foolish person; a dolt; a numbskull; a blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. [ disparaging ]
Syn. -- dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, shithead, fuckhead. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
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| | | mutton | (มัท'เทิน) n. เนื้อแกะ., See also: muttony adj. |
| | | | | | | | Mutton | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The flesh of a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ] The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Mutton bird (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 à nos moutons let us return to our sheep. ] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ] I willingly return to my muttons. H. R. Haweis. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | muttonfish | n. A fish (Lutjanus analis) similar to and often marketed as “red snapper”.
Syn. -- mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | muttonhead | n. A stupid or foolish person; a dolt; a numbskull; a blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. [ disparaging ]
Syn. -- dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, shithead, fuckhead. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Muttony | a. Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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