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A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]

Same as Mollah.

An East Indian curry soup.

See Mollah.

A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.

dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. See under Moth. -- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

See Mullein.

One who, or that which, mulls.

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller. Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. -- Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.…

Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]

See Mullagatawny.

A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang] Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs Beau. & Fl.

See Duck mole, under Duck. [Written also mollingong.]

To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.] All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe. Chaucer.

Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

[So named from its first describer, J. C. Rosenmüller, a German anatomist.] (Anat.) The parovarium.

Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.