Mull /(mŭl)/

Mull

n.
  1. A thin, soft kind of muslin.

Mull

n.
  1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]
  2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Mull

n.
  1. Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.]

Mull

v. t.
  1. To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]

Mull

v. i.
  1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]

Mull

n.
  1. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Mull

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Mulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling

  1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
    New cider, mulled with ginger warm.
  2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.