Mute

1. n. A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
2. v. t. To cast off; to molt.
3. v. t. & i. To eject the contents of the bowels; — said of birds.
4. n. The dung of birds.
5. a. Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
6. a. Incapable of speaking; dumb.
7. a. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; — said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
8. a. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; — said of a metal.
9. n. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
10. n. One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
11. 1n. 1 A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
12. 1v. t. 1 To cast off; to molt.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.