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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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} (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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mutton
noun
1: meat from a mature domestic sheep [syn: {mouton}]
2: the square of a body of any size of type [syn: {em}, {mut}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "mutton": agneau, bellwether, breast of lamb, ewe, ewe lamb, gigot, jambe de mouton, jumbuck, lamb, lambkin, leg of lamb, leg of mutton, mouton, ram, saddle of mutton, sheep, teg, tup, wether, yeanling
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