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mummy

mum.my \'m*m-e-\ n [ME mummie powdered parts of a mummified body used as a 
   drug, fr. MF m]omie, fr. ML mumia mummy, powdered mummy, fr. Ar mu-miyah 
   bitumen, mummy, fr. Per mu-m wax 1a: a body embalmed or treated for burial 
   with preservatives after the mann er of the ancient Egyptians 1b: a body 
   unusually well preserved  2: one resembling a mummy  - mummy vb