Mull

[muhl] /mʌl/

verb (used without object)
1.
to study or ruminate; ponder.
verb (used with object)
2.
to think about carefully; consider (often followed by over):
to mull over an idea.
3.
to make a mess or failure of.
[muhl] /mʌl/
verb (used with object)
1.
to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices for drinking, as ale or wine.
[muhl] /mʌl/
noun
1.
a soft, thin muslin.
[muhl] /mʌl/
verb (used with object), Metallurgy.
1.
to mix (clay and sand) under a roller for use in preparing a mold.
[muhl] /mʌl/
noun
1.
an island in the Hebrides, in W Scotland. About 351 sq. mi. (910 sq. km).
/mʌl/
verb
1.
(transitive) often foll by over. to study or ponder
/mʌl/
verb
1.
(transitive) to heat (wine, ale, etc) with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
/mʌl/
noun
1.
a light muslin fabric of soft texture
/mʌl/
noun
1.
a layer of nonacidic humus formed in well drained and aerated soils Compare mor
/mʌl/
noun
1.
(Scot) a promontory
/mʌl/
noun
1.
a mountainous island off the west coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, separated from the mainland by the Sound of Mull. Chief town: Tobermory. Pop: 2667 (2001). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
v.

“ponder,” 1873, perhaps from a figurative use of Middle English mullyn “grind to powder, pulverize,” from molle “dust, ashes, rubbish” (c.1300), probably from Middle Dutch mul “grit, loose earth,” related to mill (n.1). 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). Related: Mulled; mulling.

“sweeten, spice and heat a drink,” c.1600, of unknown origin, perhaps from Dutch mol, a kind of white, sweet beer, or from Flemish molle a kind of beer, and related to words for “to soften.” Related: Mulled; mulling.
n.

“promontory” (in Scottish place names), late 14c., perhaps from Old Norse muli “a jutting crag, projecting ridge (between two valleys),” which probably is identical with muli “snout, muzzle.” The Norse word is related to Old Frisian mula, Middle Dutch mule, muul, Old High German mula, German Maul “muzzle, mouth.” Alternative etymology traces it to Gaelic maol “brow of a hill or rock,” also “bald,” from Old Celtic *mailo-s (cf. Irish maol, Old Irish máel, máil, Welsh moel).