Mull
Mull (mul) , noun
[Perh. contr. from mossul. See Muslin.]
A thin, soft kind of muslin.
Mull , noun
[Icelandic mūli a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or compare Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, Welsh moel. Compare Mouth.]
1.
A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scottish]
2.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Mull , noun
[Probably akin to mold. r108. See Mold.]
Dirt; rubbish. [Obsolete] — Gower
Mull , transitive verb
[Old English mullen. See 2d Muller.]
To powder; to pulverize. [Provincial English]
Mull , intransitive verb
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloquial United States]
Mull , noun
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Mull (muld) , transitive verb
[From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; Old English 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.
2.
To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. — Shakespeare