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mull

1  [muhl]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to study or ruminate; ponder.
–verb (used with object)
2. to think about carefully; consider (often fol. by over): to mull over an idea.
3. to make a mess or failure of.
Origin:
1815–25; perh. identical with dial. mull to crumble, pulverize; see mull 4

Synonyms:
1. consider, weigh.

mull

2  [muhl]
–verb (used with object)
to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices for drinking, as ale or wine.
Origin:
1610–20; orig. uncert.

mull

4  [muhl]
–verb (used with object) Metallurgy.
to mix (clay and sand) under a roller for use in preparing a mold.
Origin:
1400–50; cf. dial.: to crumble, pulverize, ME mollen, mullen, orig., to moisten, soften by wetting; see moil
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mull 1   (mŭl)   
tr.v.   mulled, mull·ing, mulls
To heat and spice (wine, for example).

[Origin unknown.]
mull 2   (mŭl)   
v.   mulled, mull·ing, mulls

v.   tr.
To go over extensively in the mind; ponder.
v.   intr.
To ruminate; ponder: mull over a plan.

[Probably Middle English mollen, mullen, to moisten, crumble; see moil.]
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Word Origin & History

mull  (v.1)
"ponder," 1873, perhaps ult. from M.E. mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish," probably from M.Du. mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill. But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to botch, muff" (1862).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2mull
Function: noun
1 : a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon
2 : an ointment of high melting pointintended to be spread on muslin or mull and used like a plaster mull>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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