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单词 mullet
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mulletn.1

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Inflections: Plural mullets, unchanged.
Forms:

α. Middle English molet, Middle English mulet, Middle English–1500s molett, Middle English–1500s molette, 1500s moulet, 1500s mullett, 1500s– mullet, 1600s mullot.

β. Middle English milvet, Middle English mylet, Middle English myllott, Middle English–1600s millet, late Middle English 1600s melet, 1600s millett.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mulet.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French mulet mullet (usually grey mullet; late 12th cent. in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman as molet ) < Old French mul (c1170; < classical Latin mullus red mullet, probably < ancient Greek μύλλος , an edible sea fish, not certainly identified < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek μέλας black: see melano- comb. form) + -et -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin mulettus (from 13th cent. in British sources).
Any of various edible, mainly marine fishes, esp. of the families Mullidae (the red mullets) and Mugilidae (the grey mullets); (U.S.) a grey mullet. Also with unmarked plural.hog-, jumping-, king-, red, thick-headed mullet: see the first element. flat-tailed mullet: see flat adj., adv., and n.3 Compounds 2.like a stunned mullet: see stunned adj. 3.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Mullidae > member of (red mullet)
mullet1393
rougetc1485
surmulleta1672
red mullet1734
red surmullet1769
bearded gurnard1803
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Mugiloidei (mullets) > family Mugilidae > genus Mugil > member of (mullet)
mullet1393
mugila1398
mowel?a1500
harder1658
springer1700
kanae1820
calipeva1832
pudding-ball1847
macho1882
α.
1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 213 (MED) Pro moletts, xxxviij s. Et pro schrympes, xliiij s.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 342 Molet, fysche, mullus.
1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.iiiv Base troute molette.
1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde f. 39v This Riuer hath great quantitie of good fish of diuers kindes, chiefly greate moulets.
1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes L ij If a liuinge Mullet be put into wine and choked.
1589 Hawkin's Voy. 14 A very good place of fishing for Pargoes, Mullet, and Dogge fishe.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. i. sig. I Wee will eate our Mullets, Sous'd in high-countrey Wines. View more context for this quotation
1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) iv. 95 A Chichester Lobster, an Arundel Mullet, and an Amerly Trout.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 55 All their bays and creeks are well stock'd with mullets.
1734 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. ii. 21 Of Carps and Mullets why prefer the great?
1774 Guthrie's New Geogr. Gram. (ed. 4) 183 Her rivers..contain plenty of..mullet, bream, plaice, flounders, and crawfish.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 157 The Common Mullet... Mugil cephalus. Linn.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 27 The Red Mullets were well known to the ancients.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 365 On our eastern coast..the most familiar is the Striped Mullet, Mugil albula.
1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 123 There are a large number of species of mullets in the genus Mugil.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 775 (caption) Using encirclement tactics, Kusaie fishermen close in on a catch of mullet.
1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 600/2 A familiar sight is the gleaming flash as a mullet leaps out of the water and returns to its element.
1991 Salt Water Sportsman Feb. 63/1 Aboard his 62-foot Merritt, Rick drags two teasers, a big swimming mullet on one side and a softhead on the other.
β. c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 104 (MED) Take a Millet and scale him.?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 765/9 Hic molanus, a melet.1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 210 In litore nostro raro capitur, diciturque Melet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletn.2

Forms: Middle English molett, 1700s mullet.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French molette.
Etymology: < Middle French molette pestle (early 14th cent. in this sense): see mullet n.3 Compare muller n.1
Obsolete. rare.
= muller n.1
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding
mullet1398
mill1560
rammer1630
pulverizer1635
crackera1640
hand mill1656
grinder1688
mortar1733
pestle mill1773
pulverer1778
bruiser1809
smasher1822
muller1823
pug mill1824
crusher1825
pounding machine1839
pug1859
disintegrator1874
micronizer1934
1398 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 245 (MED) [Apothecary's will] j draghyng-dobler cum les moletts.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Mullar Often called improperly mullet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

mulletn.3

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Forms: Middle English molett, Middle English–1500s molette, Middle English–1500s mollett, Middle English–1500s 1900s– molet, 1500s mollet, 1500s–1600s mullett, 1500s– mullet; also Scottish pre-1700 mollite; N.E.D. records also Middle English mullett.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French molete.
Etymology: < Middle French molete heraldic term for the main part of a spur (c1307 in Old French; 1285 as moleste ; compare later mollet n.), an ornament in the shape of a spur-rowel (1313 in Middle French; 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman as molet and 14th cent. as mullett ; French molette ), a spur-rowel (late 14th cent.; French molette ) < Old French mole millstone (c1176 in figurative use, c1170 in form muele ; French meule ; < classical Latin mola : see mola n.1) + -ete -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin molettum, molettus (from 1392 in British sources).
1. Heraldry. A figure of a star with five straight points (unless a larger number is specified), as a charge or as a mark of cadency for a third son.Perhaps originally pierced to represent a spur-rowel. In modern practice, if the mullet is pierced this is specified in the blazon.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of weapons or armour > [noun] > spur > mullet
mulletc1425
rowel1562
spur rial1680
spur-rowel1820
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8713 He beres an egle..And he hath rose & he has molettis.
1486 Coote Armuris sig. biv, in Bk. St. Albans Fixall in armys is calde the thirde degre..thay may bere there faderis cote armure with a differans molet.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 178 A Mullet of v. poyntes sable... This may be also of vii. poyntes, but of no more.
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise iii. 172 You must take heede that you take not a starre for a mullet.
1682 W. Dugdale Antient Usage 55 To the second Brother they assigned a Cresent: to the third a Mullet of five points; to the fourth a Martlett [etc.].
1716 S. Kent Gram. Heraldry at Sir Justus Beck Beareth Quarterly three Coats; viz. 1st. Or, a Raven proper. 2d. and 3d, Sable, a Mullet Or [etc.].
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 And in the chief three mullets stood, The cognizance of Douglas blood.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xvi. 167 The St. Johns, in like manner, bear mullets on a chief.
1950 C. W. Scott-Giles Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.) viii. 83 The estoile must be distinguished from the star-shaped figure called a molet, or mullet, which has straight rays and may be pierced.
1970 Armorial 6 28 Their family ‘stars and stripes’ are certainly in the right colours: silver two bars (and in chief three molets) gules.
2. The rowel of a spur. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > use of hands and legs > using spurs > rowel or spike of spur
rowelc1425
mullet1494
spur-rowel1611
gaff1808
1494 Loutfut MS f. 37, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mol(l)et(t) Mollites ar scharp poingnantes and ar ordanit to be put apon spurris to correk the hors.
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley III. v. 111 The horse's feet were brought on the very brink of the river, and a slight touch of the mullet made him plunge over.

Compounds

mullet-footed adj.
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1897 Trans. Glasgow Archæol. Soc. 3 i. 219 This is known as a lobed or mullet-footed chalice.
mullet-shaped adj.
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1851 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England I. 236 A mullet-shaped brooch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletn.4

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mollet.
Etymology: < French mollet (1660 in plural in specific sense ‘tweezers used by a goldsmith or silversmith’; 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘fire-tongs’) < mol moll adj. (with the sense ‘flexible’) + -et -et suffix1. Compare Old Occitan moletas (plural) tweezers (c1300), Occitan mouleto (plural) tweezers used by a goldsmith or silversmith. Compare also later mullet v.
Obsolete.
In plural. A kind of pincers or tweezers.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > other tongs or pincers
mullets1585
corn-tongs1622
pin tongs1846
1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. xi. 88 Dilate, and stretch wide open, with mullets, or little hookes, the lippes or borders of the deuided skinne.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 246 Here is a haire too much, take it off. Where are thy mullets?
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvii. xvii. 1113 Cutting Mullets. Mullets onely to hold and not to cut. Mullets to take forth splinters of bones. Mullets to draw Teeth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

mulletn.5

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mullein n.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of mullein n.; perhaps compare -et suffix1.
Now U.S. regional.
= mullein n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein
feltwortc1000
verbascumOE
Thapsusa1400
mullein?a1425
hag taper1526
high-taper1526
tapsebarbe1526
lungwort1538
torch1552
moth mullein1578
wolleyn1578
woollen1578
hedge-taper1579
wool-blade1585
bullock's lungwort1597
candlewick mullein1597
mullet1597
torch-herb1598
taperwort1601
torchwort1647
Jupiter's staff1664
cow's lungwort1777
shepherd's club1790
woollens1800
flannel-leaf1821
Adam's flannel1828
flannel-plant1849
king's taper1858
torch-blade1861
velvet-dock1863
Jacob's staff1879
shepherd's staff1882
wool-plant1883
shepherd's gourd1896
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 390 The first..kind of Conyza hath large and broade leaues, like Verbascum nigrum, or black Mullet.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 391 I would gladly haue Conyza to be called in English Fleabane Mullet.
1729 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 3) 285 Take of the tops of Parsley, of Mullet, and of Elder-buds, of each 1 handful.
1996 Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. III. 729/2 Mullet = mullein. 1968–70 DARE (Qu. S20) Infs NY68, VA52, Mullet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletn.6

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
English regional (north-eastern).
The Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > fratercula arctica (puffin)
scout1596
willock1606
bottlenose1620
parrot1664
sea-parrot1664
guldenhead1676
coulterneb1678
mullet1678
puffin1678
cockandy1684
sea-coulter1684
bowger1698
norie1701
tammie norie1701
popea1705
lunda1744
rock-bird1765
puffin-auk1768
tommy noddy1769
Tomnoddy1771
Tommya1777
Tomnorry1793
Tommy1828
sea-owl1842
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. v. 325 The Bird called Coulterneb at the Farn Islands,..at Scarburgh Mullet..: Anas Arctica Clus.
1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 365 Mormon arcticus. The Arctic Puffin... Mullet.
1885 C. Swainson Provincial Names Brit. Birds 220 Puffin (Fratercula arctica)... Mullet (Scarborough).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletn.7

Forms: 1600s mullett, 1800s muller (apparently irregular).
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to muller n.2; perhaps altered by association with that word in quot. 1881.
Firearms. Obsolete.
Some part of a musket barrel, perhaps a decorative moulding (cf. muller n.2).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel > part of musket barrel
mullet1688
square1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 134/2 The seuerall parts of the Barrell of a Muskett. The Barrell. The squares. The mulletts.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 50 Their [sc. the Italian gunsmiths'] early barrels..were beautifully formed on the outside, with many squares and mullers [sic].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

mulletn.8

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French molet.
Etymology: < French molet (1808 in Boiste in this sense; earlier in form moulet (1752)) < moule (see mould n.3) + -et -et suffix1.
Joinery. rare.
A piece of wood containing a groove for testing the thickness of panel edges, drawer bottoms, etc., before fitting.
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1933 N.E.D. Suppl. Mullet.
1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 59 Mullet, short length of wood with a groove ploughed in it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletn.9

Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmələt/
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of mullet-head n. 1; but Grand Royal (1995) No. 2 proposes a number of other, largely humorous origins, including a relationship with mullet n.1 and with the obsolete mullet v.Apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by U.S. hip-hop group the Beastie Boys (see quot. 1994), who also publish Grand Royal.
slang (humorous and frequently derogatory).
A hairstyle, worn esp. by men, in which the hair is cut short at the front and sides, and left long at the back.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for men
French cut1583
pigeon wing1753
pompadour1885
D.A.1951
duck anatomy1951
duck-tail1955
Tony Curtis1956
duck arse1960
duck behind1961
comb-over1980
mullet1994
1994 ‘Beastie Boys’ Mullet Head (transcribed from song) in Ill Communication You wanna know what's a mullet? Well I got a little story to tell About a hair style, that's a way of life Have you ever seen a mullet wife?
1995 Grand Royal No. 2. 46 The Mullet does not discriminate, though it is rare to see one worn by a senior citizen of any stripe.
1997 Independent on Sunday 2 Feb. (Real Life section) 2/1 Connoisseurs of the absurd in gentlemen's hairdressing have been enjoying a laugh at..those unfortunates who continue to commit that most heinous fashion don't—the Mullet.
1998 Sunday Mirror 12 Apr. (Personal Suppl.) 3/2 The Mullet... If you have one, then a word in your ear: Scissors.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 16 Apr. (Seven Days section) 1/4 A malodorous guy with a flowing mullet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mulletv.

Forms: 1600s mullit.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mullet n.4
Etymology: < mullet n.4
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To pluck with tweezers. Cf. mullet n.4
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > with tweezers
mulleta1644
tweezer1848
tweeze1932
a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i And then Cis must be call'd, and then her Ladiships haire must be crispt,..and then her Ladiships browes must be mullited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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