MULL

Mull

(noun) an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides

mull

(noun) a term used in Scottish names of promontories; “the Mull of Kintyre”

mull

(verb) heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; “mulled cider”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

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

(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

To powder; to pulverize.

To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.

To heat and spice something, such as wine.

To join two or more individual windows at mullions.

To dull or stupefy.

Noun

mull (countable and uncountable, plural mulls)

A thin, soft muslin.

(uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.

Synonym: Thesaurus:marijuana

A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.

The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mull (plural mulls)

(Scotland) A promontory.

A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Etymology 3

Noun

mull (uncountable)

dirt; rubbish

Proper noun

Mull

An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

Source: Wiktionary


Mull, n. Etym: [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.]

Definition: A thin, soft kind of muslin.

Mull, n. Etym: [Icel. m 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, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to mold. *108. See Mold.]

Definition: Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.

Mull, v. t. Etym: [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.]

Definition: To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]

Mull, v. i.

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

Mull, n.

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

Mull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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