Meaning of Mull | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
2. A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
   obsolete, slang
3. Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
   uncountable
4. A thin, soft muslin.
   countable, uncountable
5. A promontory.
   Scotland
6. Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
   uncountable
7. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
   countable, uncountable
8. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
9. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
   countable, uncountable
10. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
    countable, uncountable
11. A mess of something; a mistake.
    archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
12. Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
    Northern-England, countable, dialectal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Mr. HERDMAN. — The honourable member for Nelson says they made a mull of it. If the honourable gentleman had been a financial authority he would never have given expression to such a thought.”

“2014, Andrea Pickens, A Stroke of Luck After studying the page a bit longer, she made a face. "Good Lord, you've really made a mull of it. Here, let me have a closer look."”

“The merchandise in this case consists of Madras mulls — thin cotton cloth.”

“Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.”

“the Mull of Kintyre”

“The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.”

“[…] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]”

“[R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'”

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