mumm

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mumm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mumm \Mumm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Mumming.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme
     disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum,
     mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech
     occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. Mumble,
     Mummery.]
     To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.
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           With mumming and with masking all around. --Spenser.
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