mutch

[ muhch ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a close-fitting linen or muslin cap, as worn by elderly women or babies.

mutch

¹

/ mʌtʃ /

verb

1. tr to cadge; beg
2. intr another word for mitch

mutch

²

/ mʌtʃ /

noun

1. a close-fitting linen cap formerly worn by women and children in Scotland

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutch¹

1425–75; late Middle English (dial.) much < Middle Dutch mutse; cognate with German Mütze cap. See amice ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutch¹

C15: from Middle Dutch mutse cap, from Medieval Latin almucia almuce

Example Sentences

Fergus Mutch, former SNP head of communications, said the “tactical genius” of Salmond lay in his ability to get the most of the people around him.

From BBC

Co-lead author, and fellow doctoral student, Morgan Mutch used a drug to block the proteasome from degrading misfolded rhodopsin and observed that this negated the beneficial effect of ZIP7.

From Science Daily

"I was very surprised, and then excited, when I saw that increasing ZIP7 expression almost completely prevented the buildup of those ubiquitin-tagged proteins," Mutch said.

From Science Daily

Mutch determined that ZIP7 was critical in supplying zinc to Rpn11, enabling it to trim the tags that label defective proteins so that they fit into the structure that actually breaks them down.

From Science Daily

"That feeling when you discover something new, something no one has figured out before, is the best feeling for a scientist," Mutch added.

From Science Daily