mullet 
Mullet pierced, in her., a star-shaped figure having a 
round hole In the middle. It is supposed to represent the 
rowel of a spur, and has usually five points. 
mullet-t (mul'et), v. t. [< mullet*, n.] To deck 
or adorn by means of mullets or curling-pincers. 
Her ladiships browes must be mullitted. 
Quarles, Virgin Widow (1656). 
The osprey or 
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Same 
mullet-hawk (mul'et-hak), n. 
fish-hawk, Pandion haliaetus. 
mullet-smelt (mul'et-smelt), . See smelt. 
mullet-sucker (mul'et-suk"er), . bame as mu i ne)W . An obsolete or dialectal form of ma? 1 . 
mullet 1 , 3. mulse (muls), n. [= Pg. It. mulso, mulsa, < L. 
mulley (mul'i), a. and w. Same as mttley. 
mullhead (mul'hed), K. A stupid follow. Hal- 
Jiwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
of business; a mull or mess. [Prov. Eng.] multiangular (mul-ti-ang'gu-lar), . Same as 
4. The stump of a tree. Halliwell. [Prov. multangular. 
Eng.] multiarticulate (muFti-S.r-tik u-lat), a 
Mullus (mul'us), w. [NL., < L. mwttus, the red as multarticulate. 
mullet. Cf. mullet^.] The typical genus of multiaxial (mul-ti-ak'si-al), a. [Prop. *mult- 
Mullida;, whose best-known species is the mul- axial, < L. multus, many, + axis, an axle: see 
lus of the ancients, now known as the red axial.'} Having many or several axes or lines 
mullet or surmullet, M. surmuletus. of growth. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., $ 50. 
rnulmul (mul'mul), . [Also mnllmull ;< Hind, multicamerate (mul-ti-kam'e-rat), . [< L. 
malmal.] Same as mulF. multus, many, + camera, a chamber: see cam- 
Mullidse (mul'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Mullus + w i ne ._!_2. Wine sweetened artificially. 
erate.~\ Having many chambers or cells ; mul- 
tiloculate. Gegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), 
p. 282. 
wine) of mulsus, pp.' of miilcere, sweeten, lit', multicapitate (mul-ti-kap'i-tat), a. [< L. mul- 
stroke, soothe, soften. Cf. emulsion.] 1. Sweet tus, many, + capitatus, having a head: see capi- 
tate.'] Having many heads ; multicipital. 
mulsum, honey-wine, mead, neut. (sc. vinum, 
-idm.] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, n^gh ( mu l s h), a. and . [In technical use as multicapsular (mul-ti-kap'su-lar), a. [= F. 
noun and verb now commonly mulch, but prop, multicapsulaire = Pg. multicapsular = It. molti- 
mulsh (cf. Welch, prop, and now usually Welsh) ; capsolare, < L. multus, many, + (NL.) capsula, 
< ME. wiokfi = G. dial, molsch, mulsch, soft, capsule: see capsule, capsular.] Having many 
mellow, rotten ; cf. LG. molschen, mulschen, be- capsules: used especially in botany, 
come weak; cf. AS. molsnian, also in comp. multicarinate (mul-ti-kar'i-nat), a. [(.'L.mul- 
d-molsnian, for-molsnian, ge-molsnian, molder, tus, many, + carina, a keel: see carina, can- 
decay, rot, prob., with formative -s, < molde, nate.] Having many keel-like ridges, as the 
earth, mold (cf . AS. milds, ME. milse, milce, mild- shells of certain mollusks. 
ness, similarly formed, <TO<Zde, mild): seemoldi. multicauline (mul-ti-ka'lin), a. [< L. multus, 
many, + caulis, a stem: see caiilis.] Having 
many stems. Thomas, Med. Diet. 
multicaVOUS (mul-tik'a-vus), a. [= Pg. multi- 
cavo, < L. multicavus, many-holed, < multus, 
many, 4- cavus, hollow: see caw 1 .] Having 
many holes or cavities. 
typified by the genus Mullus. They have an ob- 
long compressed body covered with large deciduous scales, 
unarmed opercular bones, no bony preopercular stay, and 
a pair of movable barbels at the throat. About 50 species 
inhabit tropical or subtropical seas, and one, the red mul- 
let or surmullet, Mullus surmuletus, goes northward to the 
British and neighboring waters. 
mulliegrumst, n. An obsolete form of mulli- 
grubs. 
Peter's successour was so in his mulliegrums that he had 
thought to have buffeted him. 
Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 172). (Dames.) 
mulligatawny (mul"i-ga-ta'ni), n. [Tamil mil- 
agu-tannir, lit. pepper-water.] A famous East 
Indian soup made of meat or fowl, strongly fla- 
vored with curry. Also spelled mullagatawny. 
In Mulligatawny soup . . . Australian meat forms 'a 
very serviceable ingredient. 
Saturday Ren. (London), May 24, 1873, p. 691. 
mulligrubs (mul'i-grubz), n. [Formerly also 
mulliegrums; appar. a slang term, and perhaps 
1 1. A pain in 
Less prob. < AS. myl, dust: see mull 1 .] 
Soft; mellow: said of soil. 
I. a. 
Thi vynes soile be not to molsh nor hardde, 
But sumdel molsh, neither to fatte ne leene. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 48. 
II. H. In gardening, strawy dung, or any other 
der 
,,,,.; ( ,i 
To cover 
Doctors for diseases of wind and doctors for diseases of 
water, doctors for mulligrubs and doctors for "miseries." 
The Atlantic, XXI. 268. 
2. Ill temper; sulkiness; the sulks: as, to have 
the mulligrubs. [Slang.] 3. The dobson or 
hellgrammite. [Local, U. S.] 
mullingong (mul'in-gong), n. [Australian.] iTi' _, lqr ,,, ,tii'<rii liirl < 
The duck-billed platypus, Ornitkorhynchus pa- multang 
radoxus. Also malangong. See cut under duck- 
bill. 
mullion (mul'yon), n. [A corruption of mun- 
nion, perhaps by some vague association with 
mulleft, a five-pointed star: see 
munnion.] Inarch.: (a) A divi- 
sion, typically of stone, between 
the lights of windows, screens, 
etc. Mullions were first used toward 
the close of the twelfth century, and 
reached their most perfect develop- 
ment about the middle of the thirteenth 
century. In the later medieval archi- 
tecture, while becoming constantly 
more elaborate in design and in mold- 
ings, and exhibiting much science in 
the methods of assembling, the niul- 
llons are artistically less satisfactory 
in their lines. The word is in the plu- 
ral almost synonymous with tracery. 
See also cuts under batement-liyht, 
geometric, decorated, flamboyant, (&) 
One of the divisions between 
panels in wainscoting. 
Formerly monial. 
mullion (mul'yon), v. t. [< mul- 
lion, n.] To form into divisions 
by the use of mullions. 
mullioned (mul'yond), n. [< mullion + -ed2.] 
Having mullions. 
mullitt, v. t. See mullefi. 
mull-madder (murmad"6r), n. An inferior 
quality of madder, consisting of the refuse sift- 
ed or winnowed out in the preparation of the 
finer qualities. 
mullmull (mul'mul), n. See mulmul. 
mull-muslin (mul'muzlm), n. A muslin of 
the finest quality, thin, soft, and transparent 
11 cor) frv Ajpwmon'a Hvnccoa nnrl tit A lilro T'Vif 
of newly planted 
lants, etc. 
r. t. [ 
with mulsh. 
mult (mult), v. t. [< late ME. multen (ML. nail- 
tare), a back formation (perhaps confused with 
L. multare, fine: see mulct) < multer, multure multicentral(mul-ti-sen'tral), a. [< L multus, 
VIL. molitura), toll for grinding: see mul- many, + centrum, center: see central.] Hav- 
-i m A . i ' A 11 * ^__ j- inr* manv rxmr.Arfl snpPitlP.il. I Iv. hfl.VITlJ'' TlUltlV 
several cells; many-celled: as, a multieellular 
organism. Compare unicellular. 
To enable this multieellular to be used as an inspections,! 
instrument, ... a mirror supported in a frame ... is 
supplied. Elect. Review (Eng.), XXV. 626. 
(ML 
ture.] To take toll from for grinding corn 
See multure. 
mult-. See multi-. 
UUltangular (mul-tang'gu-lar), a. [Also mul- 
tiangular; = F. multangulaire = Sp. Pg. mul- 
tangular = It. moltangolare, < L. multangulus, 
multangular (cf. LL. multiangulum, a polygon), mu iticliarge (mul'ti-charj), a 
< multus, many, + angulus, angle- see angle 3 , P V -, TT __. 
angular.] Having many angles ; polygonal. 
multangularly (mul-tang'gu-lar-li), a*'. In 
ing many centers; specifically, having many 
centers of organic activity or development, as 
nuclei. 
The changes undergone by the nucleus in this rapid 
mulUcentral segregation of the parent protoplasm have 
not been determined. 
E. R. Lankenter, Encyc. Brit., XIX. 837. 
[< L. multus, 
many, + ET charge.] Having or capable of con- 
taining several charges: as, a multicharge gun. 
l. 
Renaissance Mul- 
lion. HiJteldeVille, 
Beaugency, France. 
multangufar form; with "nTany" angles or cor- multicipital (mul-ti-sip'i-tal), a. [<L. multus, 
ners. . , many, + caput (in comp. -ciput), head: see ca- 
multangularness(mul-tang'gu-lar-nes),. The put 3 ' itez f.] \ Q Z0 oi. and bot., having many 
character of being multangular or polygonal. h ea |j s multicapitate 
multanimous (mul-tan;i-mus ),.[< L. mul- multicolor .multicolour (mul'ti-kul-or), a. [= 
tus, many, + animus, mind.] Exhibiting many p> mu i tico i' ore _ Pg . multicolor = It. multicolore, 
phases of mental or moral character; showing < L mMKicotor man y. C olored, < multus, manv, 
mental energy or activity m many different di- + col color . gee colo) .^ Having many color's, 
rections; many-sided. Also multicolored. [Rare.] 
That multanimoua nature of the poet, which makes him multicolorOUS (mul-ti-kul'or-us), a. [< LL. 
for the moment that of which he has an intellectual per- , llt . !fi .. l .j f - m . < . ma iiv colored"- see multicolor 1 
ception. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 314. . see w io?.J 
Of many colors; party-colored; pied. 
multarticulate (mul-tar-tik'u-lat), a. [Also mu lticostate (mul-ti-kos'tat), a. [< L. multits, 
multiarticulate; < L. multus, many, -t- articulus, many , + costa, a rib: see costate.] 1. In hot.. 
joint: see article, articulate.] Many-jointed; pa l m ately nerved. See nervation, and cut under 
having or composed of many joints or articula- i ea f. %. In zool., having many ribs, ridges, or 
tions, as the legs and antennse of insects, the eo ste. 
bodies of worms, etc. Usually multiarticulate. mnlticuspid (mul-ti-kus'pid), . and n. [< L. 
Apus glacialis presents an elongated vermiform body, multus, much, + cuspis (cuspid-), a point : see 
terminated by two long muWartteulate setose styles. cusp.] I. a. Having more than two cusps, as a 
Jbrfqr, Anat, Invert., p. 242. "fljg ^ muMc ^ 1)jda . te _ 
multeity (mul-te'i-ti), n. [< ML. as if "multei- n. n. A multicuspid tooth. 
ta(t-)s, < L. multus, much, many: see multitude multicuspidate (mul-ti-kus'pi-dat), . [< L. 
and -ity.] Manifoldness ; specifically, extreme multus, many, + cuspis (cuspid-), a point: see 
numerou8ness;numerosity;multitudinousness; cusp, cuspidate.] Same s,amuUicusi>i<l. 
the character of existing in such great numbers multicycle (mul'ti-si-kl), n. [< L. multus, many, 
as to give the averages of chance the character + cyclus, a circle, a wheel: see bicycle.] A ve- 
locipede or "cycle" with more than three 
wheels ; specifically, a form of velocipede first 
introduced to public notice in 1887, by a series 
of experiments at Aldershot in England, to test 
its value as a vehicle for infantry. It is intended 
to carry from five to twelve men. It has seven pairs of 
wheels, six pairs being actuated by twelve men, two men 
to a pair, the space over the axle between the wheels of the 
seventh pair being occupied as a baggage-van. The pro- 
If it should appear that the field of competition is de- 
ficient in that continuity of fluid, that multeity of atoms, 
which constitute the foundations of the uniformities of 
physics. F. Y. Edffeworth, Mathematical Psychics. 
of certainty and law. 
There may be multeity in things, but there can only be 
1-1 mi. plurality in persons. Coleridge. 
used for women's dresses and the like. The 
name is usually given to the English and other 
imitations of mull. See mul!7. 
mullock (mul'ok), n. [Early mod. E. also mol- 
locke, < ME. mullok, dim. of mul, mulle, dust: multert, A Middle English form of multure. 
see mulfl and -ock.] 1. Eubbish; refuse; dirt; multer-arkt, n. A vessel in which the multure 
dung. [Obsolete or prov. Eug.] or toll for grinding corn was deposited. Cath. 
The mullok on an hepe ysweped was. Ang., p. 246. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 385. multer-disht, n. A dish or vessel used in mea- 
The Ethiopians gather together ... a great deal of suriug the amount of multure or toll for grind- 
rubbeshe and mulloctte. ing. Cath. Ang., p. 246. 
Fardle of Facions (1555), vi. (Cath. Ang.) mu lti-. [L. multi-, before a vowel mult-, com- multidenticulate (mul"ti-den-tik'u-lat), . [< 
2. In mining, rubbish; attle ; mining refuse ; billing form of multus, much, many: see multi- L. multus. many, + denticuluf,; dim. of dcn(t-)s 
that which remains after the ore has been sep- tude.] An element in many words of Latin ori- =E. tooth: see denticulate.] Having many den- 
arated. [Australia.] 3. A blundered piece gin or formation, meaning 'many' or 'much.' ticulations or fine teeth. 
pulsion is performed entirely by the feet of the men, and 
the vehicle is steered by one man. 
multidentate (mul-ti-den'tat), (i. [< L. multus, 
many, + dcn(t-)s = E. tooth : see dentate.] Hav- 
ing many teeth or tooth-like processes Multi- 
dentate manulble. See mandible^. 
