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mut⋅ton

1  [muht-n]
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–noun
the flesh of sheep, esp. full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME moton sheep < OF < Celtic; cf. MIr molt, Welsh mollt, Breton maout wether

Related forms:
mut⋅ton⋅y, adjective

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

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
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mut·ton   (mŭt'n)   
n.  The flesh of fully grown sheep.

[Middle English, from Old French mouton, moton, from Medieval Latin multō, multōn-, of Celtic origin; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Slang Dictionary
em [ɛm]

and emm
  1. n.
    an empty liquor bottle. (See also knock (so's) block off.) : Put your ems in the garbage, not on the floor.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mutton 
"flesh of sheep used as food," c.1290, from O.Fr. moton "ram, wether, sheep" (Fr. mouton), from M.L. multonem (8c.), probably from Gaulish *multo-s, acc. of *multo (cf. O.Ir. molt "wether," Mid-Breton mout, Welsh mollt). Transf. slang sense of "food for lust, loose women, prostitutes" (1518) led to extensive British slang uses down to the present day for woman variously regarded as seeking lovers or as lust objects.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: EM
Function: abbreviation
1 electromagnetic
2 electron microscope; electron microscopy
3 emergency medicine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

EM abbr.
electron microscope

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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