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Definitions for: Mull
[n] an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
[n] a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
[v] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
[v] heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mull (m[u^]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See
Muslin.]
A thin, soft kind of muslin.
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.
Mull, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [root]108. See Mold.]
Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower.
Mull, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.]
To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
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.]
Mull, n.
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.] [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.
Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogotate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over
See Also: bethink, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, dulcify, dulcorate, dwell, edulcorate, foreland, headland, Inner Hebrides, introspect, island, premeditate, promontory, puzzle, question, study, sweeten, theologise, theologize, think, wonder, worry
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