mulls
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mull
mulls
plural of mull
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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
