mutton

adj

Etymology: From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.

1. deaf.

   “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.”

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.

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. 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].”

3. A sheep.
4. Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. A prostitute.
6. An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.