[syn: pestle, muller, pounder]
9. a vessel in which wine is mulled;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Muller \Mull"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, mulls.
[1913 Webster]
2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Muller \Mull"er\, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel.
mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf.
Mull dirt.]
A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at
the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a
slab of similar material.
[1913 Webster] Mullerian
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Muller
n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as
an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: Muller, Paul Hermann
Muller]
2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
[syn: Muller, Karl Alex Muller]
3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: Muller,
Johannes Peter Muller]
4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn:
Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus]
5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in
Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich
Max Muller]
6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on
genes (1890-1967) [syn: Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller]
7: a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
[syn: muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator]
8: 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 [syn: pestle,
muller, pounder]
9: a vessel in which wine is mulled