Found 2 items, similar to mull.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mull
mull
v 1: reflect deeply on a subject;
“I mulled over the events of
the afternoon”;
“philosophers have speculated on the
question of God for thousands of years”;
“The scientist
must stop to observe and start to excogitate” [syn:
chew over
,
think over,
meditate,
ponder,
excogitate,
contemplate,
muse,
reflect,
mull over,
ruminate,
speculate]
2: heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink;
“mulled
cider”
mull
n 1: a term used in Scottish names of promontories;
“the Mull of
Kintyre”
2: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mull
Mull
\Mull\ (m[u^]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See
Muslin.]
A thin, soft kind of muslin.
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Mull
\Mull\, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d
Muller.]
To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mull
\Mull\, n. [Icel. m[=u]li 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.]
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2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
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Mull
\Mull\, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [root]108. See
Mold.]
Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Mull
\Mull\, v. i.
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually
with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq.
U.S.]
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Mull
\Mull\, n.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or
the peelings and refuse of the larger.
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Mull
\Mull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Mulled (m[u^]ld); 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.
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New cider, mulled with ginger warm. --Gay.
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2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. --Shak.
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