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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Silence. [R.] Hudibras.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: interjection (interj.)

Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. Shak.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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