muller1
/ˈmʌlə
/noun
A stone or other heavy weight used for grinding artists' pigments or other material on a slab.The pigments used - chrome yellow, red lead, red ocher, and yellow ocher - were ground in linseed oil using a marble muller and stone slab....
- His supplies included ‘1 paint stone,’ ‘knife and muller,’ ‘1 box and drawers of paints,’ and ‘1 painted cupboard and its contents (oil jugs, paint, & c).
- For a good even dispersion, use a muller to force the pigment into suspension.
Origin
Late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French moldre 'to grind'.
muller2
/ˈmʌlə/verb [with object] British informal
1Wreck or destroy (something).Target: not reached
1.1Beat or defeat (an opponent) comprehensively: we absolutely mullered Huddersfield in the second half
Origin
1990s: of unknown origin.