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Webster 1913 Edition

Mull

Mull

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

Mull

,
Noun.
[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
of Cantyre
.
[Scot.]
2.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Mull

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

Mull

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
mullen
. See 2d
Muller
.]
To powder; to pulverize.
[Prov. Eng.]

Mull

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

Mull

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

Mull

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mull

MULL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. mollio, to soften.]
1.
To soften; or to heat, sweeten and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
Drink new cider, mull'd with ginger warm.
2.
To dispirit or deaden.

MULL

,
Noun.
In Scottish, a snuff-box, made of the small end of a horn.

MULL

,
Noun.
Dust. [Not in use.]

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