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MULL, v.t. [L. mollio, to soften.]
MULL, n. In Scottish, a snuff-box, made of the small end of a horn.
MULL, n. Dust. [Not in use.]
A thin, soft kind of
muslin.
A promontory] as, the
Mull of Cantyre.
[Scot.] A snuffbox made of the small end of a
horn.
Dirt; rubbish.
[Obs.]
Gower. To powder; to pulverize.
[Prov. Eng.] To work (over)
mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as,
to mull over a thought or a problem.
[Colloq. U.S.] An inferior kind of
madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of
the larger.
To heat, sweeten, and
enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
New cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or
blunt.
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