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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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