Webster's Dictionary 1913

5590

Mull

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

5591

Mull (2)

Mull, n. [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 ...

5592

Mull (3)

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

5593

Mull (4)

Mull, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.] To powder; to pulverize.

5594

Mull (5)

Mull, v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; — usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.

5595

Mull (6)

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

5596

Mull (7)

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, sweet...

5597

Mulla

‖Mul″la (?), n. Same as Mollah.

5598

Mullagatawny

Mul′la‐ga‐taw″ny (?), n. [Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water.] An East Indian curry soup.

5599

Mullah

Mul″lah (?), n. See Mollah.

5600

Mullar

Mul″lar (?), n. A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.

5601

Mullein

Mul″lein (?), n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common speci...

5602

Mullen

Mul″len (?), n.(Bot.) See Mullein.

5603

Muller

Mull″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, mulls.2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

5604

Muller (2)

Mull″er, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt.] A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, ...

5605

Müllerian

Mül‐le″ri‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller.Müllerian ducts(Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the...

5606

Mullet

Mul″let (?), n. [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; — called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts o...

5607

Mullet (2)

Mul″let, n. [F. molette.] (Her.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; — when used as a difference it indicates the third son.

5608

Mullet (3)

Mul″let, n. [Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers.] Small pinchers for curling the hair. B. Jonson.

5609

Mulley

{ Mul″ley (?), Mool″ley }, n. [CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt.] 1. A mulley or polled animal.2. A cow.Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow. ...

5610

Mulley (2)

{ Mul″ley (?), Mool″ley }, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley)...

5611

Mulligatawny

Mul′li‐ga‐taw″ny (?), n. See Mullagatawny.

5612

Mulligrubs

Mul″li‐grubs (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic.Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs? Beau. & Fl.2....

5613

Mullingong

Mul″lin‐gong (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]

5614

Mullion

Mul″lion (?), n. [A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed.] (Arch...

5615

Mullion (2)

Mul″lion, v. t. To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

5616

Mullock

Mul″lock (?), n. [From Mull dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. √108.] Rubbish; refuse; dirt.All this mullok in a sieve ythrowe. Chaucer.