mull

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mull1

▶verb (usu. mull over) think about at length.

– origin C19: of uncertain origin.

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mull2

▶verb (usu. as adj. mulled) warm (wine or beer) and add sugar and spices to it.

– origin C17: of unknown origin.

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mull3

▶noun (in Scottish place names) a promontory: the Mull of Kintyre.

– origin ME: cf. Sc. Gaelic maol and Icelandic múli.

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mull4

▶noun humus formed under non-acid conditions.

– origin 1920s: from Dan. muld ‘soil’.

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mull5

▶noun a thin muslin, used in bookbinding for joining the spine of a book to its cover.

– origin C17: abbrev., from Hindi malmal.