Muller

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muller \Mull"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, mulls.
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     2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Muller
       n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as
            an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: {Paul Hermann Muller}]
       2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
          [syn: {Karl Alex Muller}]
       3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: {Johannes
          Peter Muller}]
       4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn: {Johann
          Muller}, {Regiomontanus}]
       5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in
          Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: {Max Muller}, {Friedrich Max
          Muller}]
       6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays
          on genes (1890-1967) [syn: {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