Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Muller"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muller \Mull"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, mulls.
2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {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},
{pounder}]
9: a vessel in which wine is mulled
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