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mut

1  [muht]
Use mut in a Sentence
–noun
mutt.

mut

2  [muht]
–noun Printing.
mutton 2 .
Origin:
by shortening

mut.

 
1. mutilated.
2. mutual.

em

  [em] noun, plural ems, adjective
–noun
1. the letter M, m.
2. Also called mut, mutton. Printing.
a. the square of any size of type used as the unit of measurement for matter printed in that type size.
b. (originally) the portion of a line of type occupied by the letter M in type of the same size.
3. em pica.
–adjective
4. Printing. having the area of an em quad or the length of an em dash.
Origin:
1860–65

mutt

  [muht]
–noun Slang.
1. a dog, esp. a mongrel.
2. a stupid or foolish person; simpleton.
Also, mut.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; short for muttonhead

mut⋅ton

2  [muht-n]
–noun Printing.
em (def. 2).
Also called mut.

Origin:
1935–40; code term, coined to differentiate the pronunciation of em quad from en quad
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