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Definition of 'mull'

noun

A term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"

noun

An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides

verb

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, mull over, ruminate, speculate]

verb

Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"

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Mull \Mull\ (m[u^]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.] A thin, soft kind of muslin. [1913 Webster]

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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.] [1913 Webster]
2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. [1913 Webster]

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Mull \Mull\, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [root]108. See Mold.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]

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Mull \Mull\, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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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.] [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]
New cider, mulled with ginger warm. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Mulla