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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUTTON, n.
1. The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food.
2. A sheep. [But this sense is now obsolete or ludicrous.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: meat from a mature domestic sheep [syn: mouton, mutton]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English motoun, mutton, sheep, from Anglo-French mutun ram, sheep, mutton, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish molt wether Date: 13th century the flesh of a mature sheep used for food • muttony adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. Phrases and idioms: mutton-bird Austral. 1 any bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. the short-tailed shearwater, P. tenuirostris. 2 any of various petrels. mutton chop 1 a piece of mutton, usu. the rib and half vertebra to which it is attached. 2 (in full mutton chop whisker) a side whisker shaped like this. mutton dressed as lamb colloq. a usu. middle-aged or elderly woman dressed or made up to appear younger. mutton-head colloq. a dull, stupid person. mutton-headed colloq. dull, stupid. Derivatives: muttony adj. Etymology: ME f. OF moton f. med.L multo -onis prob. f. Gaulish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mutton 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food. ...a leg of mutton. ...mutton stew. 2. If you describe a woman as mutton dressed as lamb, you are criticizing her for trying to look younger than she really is, in a way that you consider unattractive. (BRIT INFORMAL) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR [disapproval]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

In her mutton, i.e. having carnal knowledge of a woman.

Moby Thesaurus

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