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{ }, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [ U. S. ] [ Written also muley. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. (Anat., Med.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller; as, Mullerian duct; Muellerian tumor; Müllerian capsule. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. --
Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin. ] A thin, soft kind of muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. mūli 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. akin to mold. √108. See Mold. ] Dirt; rubbish. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. mullen. See 2d Muller. ] To powder; to pulverize. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

New cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water. ] An East Indian curry soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mollah. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mollah. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. moleyn, AS. molegn. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moth mullein. See under Moth. --
Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. --
Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Mullein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, mulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt. ] A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and Mugil cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (Mullus surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. [ 1913 Webster ]

French mullet. See Ladyfish (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. molette. ] (Her.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers. ] Small pinchers for curling the hair. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A stew made typically of meat, vegetables, and any conveniently available ingredients; also, an Irish version of burgoo.
Syn. -- Irish burgoo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Golf) In informal and friendly games of golf, a permission to take another stroke without counting the previous stroke against the score, when a stroke was poorly played; a free stroke; as, to take a mulligan. [ PJC ]

n. See Mullagatawny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull. ] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Duck mole, under Duck. [ Written also mollingong. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed. ] (Arch.) (a) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc. (b) An upright member of a framing. See Stile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Mull dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. √108. ] Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All this mullok [ was ] in a sieve ythrowe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To think about; to consider; to ruminate about; as, mull it over and decide in the morning. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So named from its first describer, J. C. Rosenmüller, a German anatomist. ] (Anat.) The parovarium. [ 1913 Webster ]