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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_146156" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_146156" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A thin, soft kind of muslin. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A promontory; as, the [[Mull]] of Cantyre. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To powder; to pulverize. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; - usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) Dirt; rubbish. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77029" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77029" /> == | ||
<p> Large island in the | <p> Large island in the NW. of Argyllshire, third of the Hebrides; is mountainous and picturesque, with greatly indented coast-line; the highest peak is Ben More, 3185 ft., the largest inlet Loch-na-Keal; the soil is best adapted for grazing. </p> <p> n the N., is the only town. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == |