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ˈmungy, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[Perh. an altered form of muggy (which, however, does not occur in our quots. before 1730).]
†1. Dark, gloomy. Obs.
1632Vicars tr. Virgil iii. 81 Mungy clouds o'respread the skie most black. 1635Quarles Embl. v. v, Disperse these plague-distilling Clouds, and cleare My mungy Soule into a glorious day.
2. = muggy a. 1.
1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 4 The rotten sticks and mungy stuff to be found under old wood-piles. 1664― Sylva (1679) 10 Scatter a little mungy, half-rotten Littier, Fearn, Bean-hame, or old Leaves among them. 1707Mortimer Husb. 384 Round the Stem of the Tree to raise a small Hill about two Foot thick,..which cover with Stones, Tiles, or mungy Straw, to keep it moist.
3. Of weather: Muggy (see E.D.D.).
1815Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 125 Essex Dialect..Mongy, Foggy. |