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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mul'ley, n.p. 866A cow; — a child's word.
  2. Mŭl'li-grŭbs, n.p. 866A twisting of the intestines; colic. [Slang.] 2. Hence, sullenness.
  3. Mūl'lin-gŏng, n.p. 866(Ornith.) See DUCK-BILL.
  4. Mūl'lion, n.p. 866(Arch.) (a.) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, &c. (b.) One of the divisions in panelings resembling windows.
  5. Mŭl'liŏn, v. t.p. 866To shape into divisions by mullions.
  6. Mŭl'lock, n.p. 866Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]
  7. Mūl’mul, n.p. 866Same as MULL.
  8. Mūlse, n.p. 866Wine boiled and mingled with honey; sweet wine.
  9. Mult-ăn’gu-lar, a.p. 866Having many angles; polygonal.
  10. Mult-ăn'gu-lar-ly, adv.p. 866With many angles or corners.
  11. Mul-tān'gu-lar-ness, n.p. 866The state of being polygonal.
  12. Mŭlt'ar-tic'ū-late, a.p. 866Having many articulations or joints.
  13. Mul-tē'i-ty, n.p. 866The state of being many; multiplicity. [Rare.] There may be multeity in things, but there can only be plurality in persons. Coleridge.
  14. Mūl'ti-căp'su-lar, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many capsules.
  15. Māl'ti-cār'i-nate, a.p. 866(Conch.) Many-keeled.
  16. Mŭl'ti-cā'vŏus, a.p. 866Having many cavities.
  17. Mŭl'ti-ci'pĭ-tal, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many heads. Gray.
  18. Mūl'ti-cōl'or, a.p. 866Having many colors.
  19. Mūl'ti-cŭs'pi-date, a.p. 866Having many cusps or points.
  20. Mūl'ti-dēn'/tate, a.p. 866Armed with many teeth.
  21. Mūl'ti-fāced, a.p. 866Having many faces.
  22. Mŭl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs, a.p. 866Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. More.
  23. Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 866With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.
  24. Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ness, n.p. 866Multiplied diversity. 2. (Law.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.
  25. Mul-tif'er-ōŭs, a.p. 866Bearing or producing much or many. [Rare.]
  26. Mūl'ti-fid, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many divisions; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as, a multifid leaf or corol.
  27. Mul-tif'i-dous, a.p. 866Having many divisions or partitions.
  28. Mūl’ti-flō’rōŭs or Mul-tif’lo-roŭs, a.p. 866Many-flowered; having many flowers.
  29. Mŭl'ti-flūe, a.p. 866Having many flues.
  30. Mŭl'ti-foil, n.p. 866(Arch.) A leaf ornament, consisting of more than five divisions or foils. See FOIL.
  31. Mŭl'ti-fōld, a.p. 866Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
  32. Mŭl'ti-fōrm, a.p. 866Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. “A plastic and multiform unit.” Hare.
  33. Mŭl'ti-fōrm, n.p. 866That which has many forms; that which gives a multiplied representation or many repetitions of any thing. “And signifies a multiform of death.” E. B. Browning.
  34. Mŭl'ti-fôr'mi-ty, n.p. 866Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing.
  35. Mŭl'ti-fôr'mōŭs, a.p. 866Having many forms.
  36. Mūl'ti-gĕn'er-oŭs, a.p. 866Having many kinds.
  37. Mül'ti-grăn'ū-late, a.p. 866Having, or consisting of, many grains.
  38. Mūl'ti-jū'goŭs or Mul-tijū'goŭs, a.p. 866Consisting of many pairs.
  39. Mūl'ti-lāt'er-al, a.p. 866Having many sides; many-sided.
  40. Mūl'ti-lin'e-al, a.p. 866Having many lines.
  41. Mūl'ti-lōc'ū-lar, a.p. 866Having many cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell.
  42. Mul-ti'l'o-quence, n.p. 866Use of many words; talkativeness.
  43. Mul-tīl’o-quent or Mul-tīl’o-quoŭs, a.p. 866Speaking much; very talkative.
  44. Mūl'ti-nō'date or Mūl'ti-nō'dous, a.p. 866Having many knots.
  45. Mŭl'ti-nō'mi-al, a. or n.p. 866The same as POLYNOMIAL, q. v.
  46. Mūl'ti-nōm'i-nal or Mūl'ti-nōm'i-noüs, a.p. 866Having many names or terms.
  47. Mul-tip'a-roŭs, a.p. 866Producing many at a birth.
  48. Mul-tip'ar-tite, a.p. 866Divided into many parts; having several parts.
  49. Mul'ti-ped, n.p. 866An insect having many feet.
  50. Mŭl'ti-pĕd, a.p. 866Having many feet.
  51. Múl'ti-ple, a.p. 866Containing more than once, or more than one; manifold.
  52. Mūl'ti-ple, n.p. 866(Math.) A quantity containing another a certain number of times without a remainder. ☞ A common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of them a certain number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a…
  53. Mŭl'ti-plēx, a.p. 866Manifold; multiple.
  54. Mūl'ti-plī'a-ble, a.p. 866Capable of being multiplied.
  55. Mŭl'ti-plī'a-ble-ness, n.p. 866Capacity of being multiplied.
  56. Mŭl'ti-pli-ca-ble, a.p. 866Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.
  57. Mūl'ti-pli-cānd', n.p. 866(Arith.) The number to be multiplied by another, which is called the multiplier.
  58. Mūl'ti-pli-cate or Mul-ti'pli-cate, n.p. 866Consisting of many, or more than one; multiple; multifold. Multiplicate flower. (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of…
  59. Mūl'ti-pli-cā'tion, n.p. 866The act of multiplying, or of increasing number; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation. 2. (Math.) A rule or operation by which any given number or quantity may be…
  60. Múl'ti-pli-cā'tive, a.p. 866Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or increase numbers.