3 entries under this word

Mull

Mŭll, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. MULLED; p. pr. & vb. n. MULLING.] [Either from Lat. mollire, to soften, or from W. mœil, warm, or allied to Eng. mell, Goth. milith, honey.]

Sense 1. To soften, or bring down in spirit; or to heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.

Drink new cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay.

Sense 2. To dispirit or deaden. Shak.

Mūll, n.

noun

n. [Icel. muli, the face of a mountain, a promontory; Ir. & Gael. meall, W. moel, a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence; W. moel, a mass, a lump.]

  1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]
  2. A snuff-box made of the small end of a horn.
  3. [L. Ger. mull, D. mul. See MOLD.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.

Mūll, n.

noun

[Perhaps contracted from mossul. See MUSLIN.] A thin, soft kind of muslin.