Definition of mummy

• n. - 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.
• n. - Dried flesh of a mummy.
• n. - A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
• n. - A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
• n. - A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
• n. - One whose affections and energies are withered.
• v. t. - To embalm; to mummify.