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Webster 1913 Edition


Mumps

Mumps

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
mump
to be sulky. Cf.
Mump
,
Mumble
, and
Mum
.]
1.
pl.
Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
Skinner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mumps

MUMPS

,
Noun.
[See Mum, Mumble, Mumm.]
1.
Sullenness; silent displeasure. [Little used.]
2.
A disease,the cynanche parotidoea, a swelling of the parotid glands.