mute : Idioms & Phrases

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deaf-mute

  • noun a deaf person who is unable to speak
    deaf-and-dumb person; mute.
  • adjective satellite lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
    deaf-and-dumb.
WordNet
Deaf"-mute` noun
Definitions
  1. A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. See Illust. of Dactylology.
    Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly.
Webster 1913

Mute swan

  • noun soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
    Cygnus olor.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a European wild white swan (Cygnus gibbus), which produces no loud notes.
Webster 1913

mute-hill

Mute"-hill` noun
Definitions
  1. See Moot-hill. Scot.
Webster 1913

Soft mute

  • . (Phonetics) See Media.
Webster 1913