mulier 
in wedlock ami preferred before an elder brother burn out 
of wedlock, who was called bastard eiyne. 
mulierlyt (mu'li-rr-li), </r. In tint manner or 
condition of a mulier; in wedlock; lawfully. 
To him, ai next helre, being mnlierle burn. 
Stanihurst, Chron. Ireland, an. 1568. 
inulierose (mu'li-o-ros), . [< L. I/.V;-</.VM.V, 
fond of women, < in iilier, a woman : see muUer 1 .] 
Kxressively fond of women. C. Iteade, Cloister 
and Hearth, xxxiii. [Rare.] 
mulierosity (inu'li-e-ros'i-ti), n. [< L. innlii- 
nixi/n(t-)tt, fondness for women, < nnilii-i-tixitx. 
fond of women : seemulierose.] Excessive fond- 
ness for women. [Bare.] 
Both Uasnar Sanctus and he tax Antiochus for his mu- 
liernsity and excess In luxury. 
Dr. H. More, Mystery of Iniquity, II. x. $ 8. 
Prithee tell me, how did you ever detect the noodle's mu- 
lierorituf C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, xxxiii. (Davit*.) 
mulierty (rau'H-er-ti), . [< OF. mulierte (f), 
< L. mulierita((-).i, womanhood, < mulier. a wo- 
man: seo mulier 1 .'] lulaui: (a) Lawful issue. 
(6) The position of one legitimately born, 
mulish (mu'lish), a. [< muli- + -ixli 1 .] Like a 
mule; having the characteristics of a mule; sul- 
len; stubborn; also, of a hybrid character. 
It [tragi-comedy] will continue a kind of mulish pro- 
duction, with all the defects of its opposite parents, and 
marked with sterility. (liMtmiih. 1'he Theatre. 
The curbs invented for the muluh mouth 
Of headstrong youths were broken. 
Camper, Task, it. 744. 
inulishly (mu'lish-li), adv. In a mulish manner; 
stubbornly. 
mulishness (mu'lish-nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being mulish ; obstinacy or stubbornness. 
mulitert, n. An obsolete form of muleteer. 
mull 1 (mul), n, [< ME. mull, mol, molle, mul, < 
A8. myl (rare), dust, = L). mul = MLG. mul, 
LGr. in n II M IH 1. will = Icel. mill, dust; akin 
to AS. molde, etc., earth, mold (which has a for- 
mative -d), melu, meal, etc., < "malan = OHG. 
malan = Icel.ma{a, etc., grind: see mold 1 , meal 1 , 
mill 1 . Cf. mold 1 , with which mull 1 has appar. 
been in part confused (the Icel. mold, Sw. mull, 
Dan. tnuld, are cognate with E. mold 1 ).'] If. 
Dust; rubbish; dirt. 
I am bot mokke & mul among. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. MorrlsX 1. 804. 
2. Soft, crumbling soil. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
3. [vmu/I 1 , r., 3.] A muddle; a mess; afail- 
ure: applied to anything that is involved or 
confused through mismanagement. [Colloq.] 
The party was a mult. The weather was bad. ... In 
fine, only twelve came. George Eliot, in Cross, II. xii. 
mull 1 (mul), v. t. [ME. mul, muleii ; < mull 1 , n. 
Perhaps in part due to maul 1 .] 1. To reduce 
to dust ; break into small pieces ; crumb. 
[A sister] that went by the cloyster, and as me thought 
scho bare meet muled [var. croumed] apon pan-hem) n. 
Quoted In ('nth. Any., p. 244, note. 
Here's one spits fire as he comes; he will go nigh to 
mutt the world with looking on It. 
Middleian, World Tost at Tennis. 
2. To rub, squeeze, or bruise. Halliieell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 3. To confuse; mix up; muddle; make 
a mess of. 
Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy ; mulled, deaf, sleepy. 
insensible. Shot., Cor., iv. 5. 239. 
mull- (mul), n. [Prob. < Icel. muli, a jutting 
crag, a promontory ; otherwise < Gael, maol, a 
promontory, < maol, bare, bald.] A cape or 
promontory: as, the mull of Galloway; the 
mull of Kintyre. [Scotland.] 
mull 3 (mul), H. A dialectal (Scotch) form of 
mill 1 . 
mull 4 (mul), v. [Appar. a back formation from 
mulled ale (and the later mulled trine, cider, etc.), 
mulled ale being an erroneous form of muld-ale 
or mold-ale, < ME. mold-ale, molde-ale, a funeral 
feast, < molde, the earth (the grave), + ale, ale, 
a feast: see mold-ale. Some confusion with 
mull 1 , i'., or with F.mouillcr,<. Ij.mollire, soften, 
is supposed to have influenced the development 
of the word; and in the sense of 'keep stirring' 
the dial, mulfi for mill 1 may be partly concern- 
ed.] I. trans. 1. To heat and spice for drink- 
ing, as ale, wine, or the like ; especially, to make 
into a warm drink, sweetened and spiced. 
Do not lite the cellar, 
There 's excellent wine in 't, captain ; and though it be cold 
weather, 
I do not love it mutt'd. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, Iv. 7. 
Now we trudged homewards to her mother's farm, 
To drink new cider, mull'd with ginger warm. 
(fnii. shepherd's \\ eek, Friday. 
The luncheon basket being quickly unpacked, the good 
priest warmed our food and produced a bottle of port 
wine, which he mulled for our benefit. 
Lady Brattey, Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xxi. 
3891 
2. To boil or stew, llnlliirrll. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. intrant. 1. To stir; bustle; make a stir. 
[Karo.] 2. To work continuously at any thing 
without making much progress; toil steadily 
and accomplish little; moil. 
Millie >i M" was not likely to act upon Impulse, and there 
Is even reason to believe he took much time mulling over 
the matter after it developed in his mind. 
The AUatUic, LXIV. 188. 
mul! 5 t (mul), . [Cf. niullfif, muley.] A cow. 
Compare mul<-y. Satyr against Hypocrites (1689) . 
( \ni-i'.t.) 
mull (mill), t'. i. [Perhaps contr. of muggle 1 . 
Cf. moltft (ME. moulen, muwlen, etc.).] To rain 
softly. HaUiwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
mull' (mul), n. [Abbr. of mulmul.] A thin, 
soft kind of muslin used for dresses, trim- 
mings, etc.: known as India mull, French mull, 
etc. Also mulmul, mullmull. 
mullagatawny (mul'a-ga-ta'ni), . Same as 
iHitllif/ataicny. 
mullah (mul'a), n. Same as molla. 
mullar, . if. An obsolete form of mulier 1 . 
2. A stamp engraved in intaglio for making a 
salient impression in metal by percussion. 
mullen, mullein (mul'eu), n." [< ME. moleyn, 
< AS. moleyn, defined as "mullein, Verbascum 
tha/isun," by Cockayne, etc. ; but molegn, also 
molegen, moleng, moling, is found only in glosses, 
explained by ML. calmum (among things apper- 
taining to the table), calmum being elsewhere 
explained as the droppings of a candle which 
adhere to the sides of the candle or of the can- 
dlestick; by galmum, explained as a reduced 
form of galbanum, a gum-resin, or the plant pro- 
ducing it (see galbanum) ; by galmilla, gamilla, 
which glosses both molegn and lim-mulegn (Urn, 
viscous substance, E. 
liuii' 1 ) ; and by galmulinii, 
which glosses molegn- 
xtycce (stycce, piece). 
The term seems to have 
been transferred from 
the droppings of a can- 
dle to tne weed, which is 
elsewhere compared to 
a candle-wick or candle- 
stick or torch . Cf . " hcrba 
liminaria [read lumina- 
mullet 
(1820-64), professor at Wur/.burg.- Miillertan 
fibers, see nuteiUaeular fbert. Mulier 1 a muscle, r 
Muller's palpebral muscle. See under MBM, 
Miillerian- (mu-le'ri-an), ". [< .'//<//</ (-<< 
def.) + -tan.] Pertaining to Johanin-s .Miilln- 
(lxid-58), a German physiologist. Also Miil- 
lerian, Muellerian. Mullertan duct. See duct of 
Mulier, under duet. 
One commences at the anterior a)>domlnal orillce of the 
primary duct, and has no further relations to the kidney. 
This is the Mullerian duel. 
(Jcgenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 004. 
Miiller's fluid. Sr. _/////</. 
Muller's glass. Same as hyalite. 
mullet 1 (iniilVt), . [< ME. mul' I, muli I, < OF. 
muli I, F. miilit, a mullet, dim. of inulle, < L. 
tiiullug, the red mullet: see Mullus.'} 1. A fish 
of the genus Mugil or of the family Miinilidn: 
Of the true mullets the genus Mwjil is toe type. The 
characteristics are a nearly cylindrical ixuly covered with 
large scales ; six branchiostegal rays ; head convex above ; 
the scales large ; the muzzle short ; an angular rise In 
the middle of the lower jaw, which tits Into a corre- 
ria], moleyn, feltwort," in 
m Thaf- 
t*s). I, the inflorescence ; 2, 
the leaf; a, the fruit. 
IE. gloss ; and see quo- 
tation and phrase candle- 
wick mullen, below. The 
origin of AS. molegn is 
unknown. The OF. mo- 
laine, moulaine, F. molenf, 
mullen, appears to be < 
E. For the AS. form mo- 
legn, of. AS. holegn, holly : 
see hollen, holly 1 .] A well- 
known tall, stout weed, Ferbascum Tnapsus, with 
a long dense woolly raceme of yellow flowers, 
and thick, densely woolly leaves; also, any plant 
of the genus Verbascum. An Infusion of the leaves 
of the common mullen is used In domestic practice for 
catarrh and dysentery ; while the name bullock's or caie't 
lungwort indicates another medical application. (For other 
uses, see Jigh-pninon and hay-taper.) This plant has received 
numerous fanciful names, as Adam's Jlannel, blanket leaf, 
feltwort flannel -juncer, hare' 8 -beard, ice-leaf, Jupiter's-staff. 
The motn-mulleu is r. Blattaria, a less stout plant, with 
the flowers yellow, or white tinged with purple. The 
white mullen is V. Lychnitu. These species are fully, or 
the last sparingly, naturalized In the Tjnited States from 
Europe. 
Mtiulaine [F.I, mullen, wooll-blade, 
beard, big-taper, torches. 
long-wort, hares- 
Cotyra ve. 
Candle-wick mullen, the common mullen : so called 
because anciently it was covered with tallow and used as 
a candle or torch. See hay-taper. 
Meschenierc [F.], candle trie* mullein. Cotgrave. 
Mullen dock, the common mullen. See docA-i, 2. Mul- 
len foxglove. See foxglove. Mullen pink. See Lyeh- 
ni*, '2. _Petty mullen, an old name for the common cow- 
slip, Primula veris. 
mullen-shark(mur en-shark), w. Ashark-moth, 
I'licu/tia rerbasci, whose larva feeds on the mul- 
len. 
mulier 1 (mul'er), n. [< OF. moleur, moullevr, a 
grinder, < OF. moire, mouldre, moulre, F. mou- 
dre, (. L. molere, grind, < mola, a millstone : see 
mill 1 , meal 1 , etc.] 1. The grinder in an amal- 
gamating-pan, or any similar form of pulveriz- 
ing and amalgamating apparatus. 2. An im- 
plement of stone or glass with which paints 
are ground by hand. 
mulier- (murer), H. [<;! + -<rl.J 1. One 
who mulls wine, rider, etc. 2. A vessel in 
which wine or other liquor is mulled. 
Miillerian 1 (mu-le'ri-an), n. [< Miiller (see 
def.) + -ian.] Pertaining to H. M. Mulier 
Gray or Striped Mullet (Mufti cefhalus or alfntta). 
(From Report of U. S. Fish Commission.) 
ponding hollow In the upper ; and clllifonn teeth. The 
best-known species is the common gray mullet or great 
mullet (M. capita), found round the snores of the British 
islands, and in particular abundance in the Mediterra- 
nean. It grows to the length of from 12 to 20 inches, 
and exceptionally to nearly 3 feet. It is of a bottle-green 
color on the back, light on the sides, which are marked 
with longitudinal bands, and of a silvery white under* 
neath. It frequents shallow water, and in spring and 
early summer often ascends rivers. It has the habit of 
rooting in the mud or sand in search of food. Another 
species, also known as the gray mullet (M. cephalug), a na- 
tive of the Mediterranean, Is distinguished by having its 
eyes half covered by an adipose membrane. It weighs 
usually from 10 to 12 pounds, and ts the most delicate of 
all the mullets. A smaller species, the thick-lipped gray 
mullet (M. chela). Is common on the British coasts. Many 
other species, natives of the Mediterranean, India, and 
Africa, are much esteemed as food. 
The Indian Manat and the Mnllit float 
O'er Mountain tops, where yerst the bearded Goat 
Did bound and brouz. 
Sylvester, it. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 2. 
2. A surmullet, or fish of the family Afullida?. 
3. The white sucker or red-horse, Moxosto- 
ma macrolepidota. [Local, U. 8.] 4. One of 
various fishes of the family Catostomida' and 
Cyprinidte in the United States. 6. One of 
various species of the family Scianidn: and ge- 
nus Menticirrus along the coast of the United 
States Black mullet, Menticim* nebulimm, a sciae- 
nid, the kingflsh. See cut under kingjish. Blue mullet, 
Moxostoma careijonug, a catostomid. [Morgantown, North 
Carolina.] Golden mullet, a catostomid, Moxtxtoma 
macrolepuMa. or red-horse. Ground-mullet, a scuenid, 
Meniicimu alburnwi. the southern kinntlsh. Jumping 
mullet, a catostomid, 3foxontmna cernua. King of the 
mullets. See Kiw/i. Long-headed mullet, a cyprlnld, 
Squaliu* atrariun. Red mullet, one of various species 
of Mullidce. Silvery mullet, a catostomid. Jtiixtuttvnia 
earpio. Striped mullet, a catostomid, Minytrema me- 
lorapg. [Interior t". S.) Thick-headed mullet, a catos- 
tomid, Moxottama congetta. Whltefish-mullet, a catos- 
tomid, Moxattoma caregonut. 
mullet 2 (mul'et), n. [Early mod. E. also mulet; 
< ME. molette, < OF. moletle, mollelte, the rowel 
of a spur, a painter's grindstone, F. molette, a 
rowel, = Sp. Pg. moleta, mullet, = It. molette, 
pi., pincers (cf. It. molla, a millstone, mill-wheel, 
clock-wheel), < L. mola, a millstone: see mill 1 .] 
1. The rowel of a spur. 
The brydylle reynys were of sylke, 
The mulettyt gylte they were. 
MS. Cantab, ft. II. 38, f. 87. (UaUiveU.) 
2. In /('/.. a star-shaped figure having some- 
times five, sometimes six points. It is thought to 
represent the rowel of a spur, but this is more particularly 
suggested by the mullet pierced 
(see below). The mullet is one r -- 
of the common marks of caden- ' \ A V 
cy, and is taken to indicate the *yV VV S ( ' 
third son. Also attroid and mo- **^ ^* *^ 
Irtle. 
3t. pi. Small tongs or pin- 
cers, especially those used 
for curling the hair. 
Moiette [H.\ mullets, fire- 
tongs, pincers. . . . 
POalura [It], a pair of muMt 
to pull out haires with. Florio. 
Where are thy muttett! 
B. Jonton, Cynthia s Revels, v. 2. 
Three Mulleslnchief: 
of William, Lord Douglas. 
