different between bookbinding vs mull

English

Etymology

book +? binding

Noun

bookbinding (countable and uncountable, plural bookbindings)

1. The art, craft or process of binding books

Related terms

• bookbinder

Translations

See also

• bibliopegist
• bibliopegy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

Related to mill (“to grind”).

Verb

mull (third-person singular simple present mulls, present participle mulling, simple past and past participle mulled)

1. (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

   to mull a thought or a problem

   he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
2. To powder; to pulverize.
3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
6. To dull or stupefy.

Derived terms

• mulled wine, mulled cider

Translations

Noun

mull (countable and uncountable, plural mulls)

1. A thin, soft muslin.
2. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

3. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
4. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
5. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

mull (plural mulls)

1. (Scotland) A promontory.

   the Mull of Kintyre

2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Etymology 3

From Middle English molle (“rubbish”), from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

Noun

mull (uncountable)

1. dirt; rubbish

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)

Middle English

Noun

mull

1. Alternative form of molle (“rubbish”)

Scots

Noun

mull (plural mulls)

1. headland

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muld? (“dirt, soil”). Cognate with Icelandic mold, German Mull, Dutch moude and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/

Noun

mull c

1. mould, earth, soil

   Synonym: mylla

2. dust

Declension

References

• mull in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mull in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)