Dictionary entry

Mull (7)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mull, v. 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.