Ant-hill |
A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests. |
n. |
Moot-hill |
A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill. |
n. |
Mute |
To cast off; to molt. |
v. t. |
Mute |
To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. |
v. t. & i. |
Mute |
The dung of birds. |
n. |
Mute |
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. |
a. |
Mute |
Incapable of speaking; dumb. |
a. |
Mute |
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2. |
a. |
Mute |
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal. |
a. |
Mute |
One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. |
n. |
Mute |
One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. |
n. |
Mute |
A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. |
n. |
Mute |
A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. |
n. |
Mute |
Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. |
n. |
Mute |
A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t. |
n. |
Mute |
A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone. |
n. |
Deaf-mute |
A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. |
n. |
Hill |
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. |
n. |
Hill |
The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t. |
n. |
Hill |
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. |
v. t. |