Definitions for: Mutton


[n] meat from a mature domestic sheep
[n] the square of a body of any size of type



Webster (1913) Definition: Mut"ton, 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.

Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
Sidney.

Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
the living quadrupeds. --Hallam.

2. The flesh of a sheep.

The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift.

3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]

Mutton bird (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 [`a] nos moutons let us
return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of
discussion, etc. [Humorous]

I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R.
Haweis.

Synonyms: em, mouton, mut

See Also: area unit, domestic sheep, meat, Ovis aries, square measure

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