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Webster 1913 Edition
Mutton
Mut′ton
,Noun.
[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
(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]
I willingly
return to my muttons
. H. R. Haweis.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mutton
MUTTON
, n.1.
The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food.2.
A sheep. [But this sense is now obsolete or ludicrous.]