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Webster 1913 Edition

Mull

Mull

(mŭl)
,
Noun.
[Perh. contr. fr.
mossul
. See
Muslin
.]
A thin, soft kind of muslin.

Mull

,
Noun.
[Icel.
mūli
a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael.
meall
a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W.
moel
. Cf.
Mouth
.]
1.
A promontory;
as, the
Mull
of Cantyre
.
[Scot.]
2.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Mull

,
Noun.
[Prob. akin to
mold
. √108. See
Mold
.]
Dirt; rubbish.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Mull

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
mullen
. See 2d
Muller
.]
To powder; to pulverize.
[Prov. Eng.]

Mull

,
Verb.
I.
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; – usually with
over
;
as, to
mull
over a thought or a problem
.
[Colloq. U.S.]

Mull

,
Noun.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Mull

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mulled
(mŭld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mulling
.]
[From
mulled
, for
mold
, taken as a p. p.; OE.
mold
-ale funeral ale or banquet. See
Mold
soil.]
1.
To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices;
as, to
mull
wine
.
New cider,
mulled
with ginger warm.
Gay.
2.
To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mull

MULL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. mollio, to soften.]
1.
To soften; or to heat, sweeten and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
Drink new cider, mull'd with ginger warm.
2.
To dispirit or deaden.

MULL

,
Noun.
In Scottish, a snuff-box, made of the small end of a horn.

MULL

,
Noun.
Dust. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Mull

Mull

See also: mull and Müll

English

Proper noun

Mull

  1. An island in the Inner Hebrides.

Translations

German

Noun

Mull m ‎(genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural Mulle)

  1. mole (mole rat)

Declension


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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mul/
  • Rhymes: -ul

Noun

Mull f ‎(plural Mullen)

  1. mussel

mull

mull

See also: Mull and Müll

English

Verb

mull ‎(third-person singular simple present mulls, present participle mulling, simple past and past participle mulled)

  1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
    to mull a thought or a problem
    he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
      It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
  2. To powder; to pulverize.
  3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
  4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
  5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
  6. To dull or stupefy.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

mull ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mulls)

  1. A thin, soft muslin.
  2. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
  3. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
  4. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
  5. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:marijuana

Etymology 2

Noun

mull ‎(plural mulls)

  1. (Scotland) A promontory.
    the Mull of Kintyre
  2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Etymology 3

Probably related to mould.

Noun

mull ‎(uncountable)

  1. dirt; rubbish
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)

Scots

Noun

mull ‎(plural mulls)

  1. headland

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /mʌl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌl

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