mull

Etymology 1

Related to mill (“to grind”).

verb

1. (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
   to mull a thought or a problem
   he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
   When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification. 2 Feb 2021, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian
2. To powder; to pulverize.
3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
6. To dull or stupefy.

noun

1. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
2. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
3. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
4. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
5. (slang, archaic) A mess of something; a mistake.
   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. 1904, Parliamentary Debates, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 83
   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."

Etymology 2

Shortened from mulmul.

noun

1. A thin, soft muslin.
   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. 1916, “Smocking”, in The Dressmaker: A Complete Book on All Matters Connected with Sewing and Dressmaking[…], 2nd revised and enlarged edition, New York, N.Y., London: The Butterick Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 29

Etymology 3

noun

1. (Scotland) A promontory.
   the Mull of Kintyre
2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Etymology 4

From Middle English molle (“rubbish”), from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

noun

1. dirt; rubbish