MULL, mul, _n._ a soft muslin.--Also MUL'MUL. [Hind.]

MULL, mul, _v.t._ to warm, spice, and sweeten (wine, ale, &c.).--_v.i._ to

toil on, moil: to bustle about.--_adj._ MULLED.--_n._ MULL'ER. [M. E.

_molde-ale_, a funeral banquet, _molde_, grave earth, and _ale_=feast.]

MULLEN, MULLEIN, mul'en, _n._ any plant of genus _Verbascum_.--Also

_Hag-taper_, _Adam's flannel_, _Aaron's rod_, _Shepherd's club_.

MULLER, mul'[.e]r, _n._ a glass pestle for mixing paints: a mechanical

pulveriser.

MULLET, mul'et, _n._ a genus of fishes nearly cylindrical in form, highly

esteemed for the table. [Fr. _mulet_--L. _mullus_, the red mullet.]

MULLET, mul'et, _n._ the rowel of a spur: (_her._) a five-pointed star--a

mark of cadency, indicating the third son. [O. Fr. _molette_--L. _mola_, a

mill.]

MULLIGATAWNY, mul-i-ga-taw'ni, _n._ an East Indian curry-soup. [Tamil

_milagu-tann[=i]r_, pepper-water.]

MULLIGRUBS, mul'i-grubz, _n._ (_coll._) colic: sulkiness.

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MULLION, mul'yun, _n._ an upright division between the lights of windows,

between panels, &c.--_v.t._ to shape into divisions by mullions.--_adj._

MULL'IONED. [Same as _munnion_, from Fr. _moignon_, a stump--L. _mancus_,

maimed.]

MULLOCK, mul'ok, _n._ rubbish, esp. mining refuse.

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