muller
see also: Muller
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈmʌlɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈmʌlə/
Noun

muller (plural mullers)

  1. One who, or that which, mulls.
  2. (arts) A grinding stone, held in the hand, used especially for preparing paints and powders.
  3. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
Verb

muller (mullers, present participle mullering; past and past participle mullered)

  1. To grind up into, or as if into, powder.
    • 1848, On Lucifer Matches, in the Pharmaceutical Journal, volume 7 (1847-8), page 523:
      The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or 'mullered,' copious fumes are evolved.
    • 1901, Patrick Walker, Six Saints of the Covenant, volume 1, page 31:
      I have often thought in my melancholy days, these years bygone, that if it might be supposed, that the souls of our worthies were come from heaven, and the dust of their mullered bodies from their graves, and reunite again;
Noun

muller (plural mullers)

  1. (metallurgy) A machine that mixes sand and clay for use in metal castings.
Synonyms
  • sand muller
Verb

muller (mullers, present participle mullering; past and past participle mullered)

  1. (transitive, UK, slang) To beat; to thrash (a person).
    • 2012, Anthony Cronshaw, Wednesday Rucks and Rock 'n' Roll: Tales from the East Bank
      The boys couldn't stand idly by while three Wednesdayites got mullered; it was not the done thing.
  2. (transitive, UK, slang) To defeat or destroy utterly (as in a sport or competition).

Muller
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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