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Entry 9 senses · 7 variants Webster, 1913

Mull

/(mŭl)/ · IPA /mʌl/
01 n. A thin, soft kind of muslin.
  1. 1.
    A thin, soft kind of muslin.
02 n. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.
  1. 1.
    A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.[Scot.]
  2. 2.
    A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
03 n. Dirt; rubbish.
  1. 1.
    Dirt; rubbish.[Obs.]
04 v. t. To powder; to pulverize.
  1. 1.
    To powder; to pulverize.[Prov. Eng.]
05 v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.
  1. 1.
    To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.[Colloq. U.S.]
06 n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
  1. 1.
    An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
07 v. t. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
imp. & p. p. Mulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling
  1. 1.
    To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
    “New cider, mulled with ginger warm.” — Gay.
  2. 2.
    To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.