\Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep,
wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L.
mutilus mutilated. See {Mutilate}.]
1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman.
         Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
                                               Sidney.
         Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
         the living quadrupeds.                --Hallam.
2. The flesh of a sheep.
         The fat of roasted mutton or beef.    --Swift.
3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
{Mutton bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel
   ({Nectris brevicaudus}).
{Mutton chop}, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of
   the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
{Mutton fish} (Zo["o]l.), the American eelpout. See
   {Eelpout}.
{Mutton fist}, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
{Mutton monger}, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman.
{To return to one's muttons}. [A translation of a phrase from
   a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us
   return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of
   discussion, etc. [Humorous]
         I willingly return to my muttons.     --H. R.
                                               Haweis.