muller
One who, or that which, mullsOne who, or that which, mulls.: A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
Meaning
5 sensesOne who, or that which, mulls.
A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
a vessel in which wine is mulled
A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.
a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
(broadly)A device used for crushing or grinding.
Origin
From mull (“to heat and spice, etc.”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). From mullFrom mull (“to heat and spice, etc.”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
From mull (“to mix (clay and sand) under a roller to prepare a mould”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Mull is possibly derived from mull (“(chiefly Northern England) to grind to powder, crumble, powder, pulverize”), from Middle English mollen, mullen (“to moisten (something); to soften (something) by making wet; to become liquid; to drizzle; to crumble or soften (something) by grinding; to fondle or pet (something)”), from Old French moillier, muillier (“to make wet”) (modern French mouiller), and from its etymon Vulgar Latin *molliāre, *mulliāre (“to make wet”), from Latin molliāre, the present active infinitive of molliō (“to soften”), from Latin mollis (“soft”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”) or *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”)) + -iō (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English molour, moler; further origin uncertain, possibly:
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Forms
plural: mullersSynonyms
15 synonyms- United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967):Hermann Joseph Muller
- British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900):Max MullerFriedrich Max Muller
- German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476):Johann MullerRegiomontanus
- German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858):Johannes Peter Muller
- Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965):Paul Hermann Muller
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone:pestlepounder