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  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mull  \Mull\,  v.  t.  [OE.  mullen.  See  2d  {Muller}.] 
  To  powder;  to  pulverize.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mull  \Mull\,  n. 
  An  inferior  kind  of  madder  prepared  from  the  smaller  roots  or 
  the  peelings  and  refuse  of  the  larger. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mull  \Mull\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mulled};  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mull  \Mull\  (m[u^]l),  n.  [Perh.  contr.  fr  mossul  See 
  {Muslin}.] 
  A  thin,  soft  kind  of  muslin. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  2.  A  snuffbox  made  of  the  small  end  of  a  horn. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mull  \Mull\,  n.  [Prob.  akin  to  mold.  [root]108.  See  {Mold}.] 
  Dirt;  rubbish.  [Obs.]  --Gower. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mull 
  n  :  a  term  used  in  Scottish  names  of  promontories;  "the  Mull  of 
  Kintyre" 
  v  1:  think  about  at  length  and  in  depth;  "I  mulled  over  the 
  events  of  the  afternoon"  [syn:  {chew  over},  {think  over}, 
  {meditate},  {ponder},  {contemplate},  {muse},  {reflect}, 
  {mull  over},  {ruminate},  {speculate}] 
  2:  heat  with  sugar  and  spices  to  make  a  hot  drink;  "mulled 
  cider"




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