the father of Hiawatha, and subsequently potentate of the
winds. He gave all the winds but one to his children to rule; the one he
reserved was the west wind, which he himself ruled over. The dominion of
the winds was given to Mudjekeewis, because he slew the great bear
called the Mish[^e]-Mokwa.

Thus was slain the Mish[^e]-Mokwa ...
"Honor be to Mudjekeewis!
Henceforth he shall be the west wind.
And hereafter, e'en for ever,
Shall he hold supreme dominion,
Over all the winds of heaven."

Longfellow, _Hiawatha_, ii. (1855).

=Mug= (_Matthew_), a caricature of the duke of Newcastle.--S. Foote, _The
Mayor of Garratt_ (1763).

=Mugello=, the giant slain by Averardo de Medici, a commander under
Charlemagne. This giant wielded a mace from which hung three balls,
which the Medici adopted as their device.

[Asterism] They have been adopted by pawnbrokers as a symbol of their
trade.

=Muggins= (_Dr._), a sapient physician, who had the art "to suit his
physic to his patients' taste;" so when King Artaxaminous felt a little
seedy after a night's debauch, the doctor prescribed to his majesty "to
take a morning whet."--W. B. Rhodes, _Bombastes Furioso_ (1790).

=Muhldenau=, the minister of Mariendorpt, and father of Meeta and Adolpha.
When Adolpha was an infant, she was lost in the siege of Magdeburg; and
Muhldenau, having reason to suppose that the child was not killed went
to Prague in search of her. Here Muhldenau was seized as a spy, and
condemned to death. Meeta, hearing of his capture, walked to Prague to
beg him off, and was introduced to the governor's supposed daughter,
who, in reality, was Meeta's sister, Adolpha. Rupert Roselheim, who was
betrothed to Meeta, stormed the prison and released Muhldenau.--S.
Knowles, _The Maid of Mariendorpt_ (1838).

=Mulatto=, a half-caste. Strictly speaking, _Zambo_ is the issue of an
Indian and a Negress; _Mulatto_, of a White man and a Negress;
_Terzeron_, of a White man and a Mulatto woman; _Quadroon_, of a
Terzeron and a White.

=Mul'ciber=, Vulcan, who was blacksmith, architect, and god of fire.

In Ausonian land
Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell
From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove
Sheer o'er the crystal battlements; from morn
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A Summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropt from the Zenith like a falling star,
On Lemnos