2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.

||Mu"li*er (?), n. [L., a woman.] 1. A woman.

2. (Law) (a) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder

brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son.

(b) (Civ. Law) A woman; a wife; a mother. Blount. Cowell.

Mu"li*er*ly, adv. In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock;

legitimately. [Obs.]

Mu"li*er*ose` (?), a. [L. mulierosus.] Fond of woman. [R.] Charles

Reade.

Mu`li*er*os"i*ty (?), n. [L. mulierositas.] A fondness for women. [R.]

Dr. H. More.

Mu"li*er*ty (?), n. (Law) Condition of being a mulier; position of one

born in lawful wedlock.

Mul"ish (ml"sh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- Mul"ish*ly, adv.

-- Mul"ish*ness, n.

Mull (ml), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.] A thin, soft kind

of muslin.

Mull, n. [Icel. mli 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.]

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