mungere

mungere [LL; aphaeretic form ofCL emungere] 1 to blow or wipe one’s nose. b (p. ppl. as adj.) snotty, full of mucus. caute †inungatur [v. l. iungatur; l. mungatur] nasus, pupilla regatur / tussis stringatur, sputum deforme tegatur Garl. Mor. Scol. 41. b ~o ‥ inde munctus ‥ et mucculentus ‥ i. munctus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 358. 2 to snuff a candle. to snyte a nese or a candelle, ~ere CathA. 3 to clean; b (w. ref. to emptying a money pouch or sim.). to clense, acerare, ‥ ~ere CathA. b vellens exuvias et mungens loculos Ps.-Map 8. 140.

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