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mullioned

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mul⋅lion

[muhl-yuhn] Architecture
–noun
1. a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
2. one of the radiating bars of a rose window or the like.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with, or to form into divisions by the use of, mullions.

Origin:
1560–70; metathetic var. of monial
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mul·lion   (mŭl'yən)   
n.  A vertical member, as of stone or wood, dividing a window or other opening.

[Alteration of Middle English moniel, from Anglo-Norman moynel, perhaps from moienel, middle, from moien, from Latin mediānus, from medius; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
mul'lioned (mŭl'yənd) adj.
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Word Origin & History

mullion 
"vertical column between the lights of a window," 1567, metathesis of M.E. moyniel, from Anglo-Fr. moinel, noun use of moienel (adj.) "middle," from Fr. meien "intermediate, mean."
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