mutton

noun

1. 1

   The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.

   Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.

2. 2

   The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.

   This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.

   Generally urial mutton is excellent in spite of their strongly scented food, especially if the beasts are young. Their skins are valueless even to the Dard, who can turn most things to some account, and so one commonly finds them [discarded].

   The mutton from goats is not considered nearly as good as mutton from sheep. Angora and common goats are found in almost every state in this country. They seem to do well under a wide range of climatic conditions.

   BAKED HASH HOW TO COOK AND PREPARE GOAT MEAT / By Mrs. Finley Gilchrist / We have used goat mutton for three years. Everyone likes it. Dress and cool 48 hours before cooking, except liver and heart.

3. 3

   archaicA sheep.

4. 4

   slangEm, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

5. 5

   obsoleteA prostitute.

6. 6

   historicalAn old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

adjective

1. 1

   slangdeaf.

   He's been a bit mutton in one ear for a long time; not due to my mother, but as a result of all the years spent working in a noisy car factory.

Forms

plural

muttons