| 释义 |
mull·er
I. \ˈmələ(r)\ noun
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Etymology: alteration (influenced by -er) of Middle English molour, probably from mullen to pulverize, grind as in a mortar + -our, -or -or — more at mull
1. : a stone or piece of wood, metal, or glass having a usually flat base and often a handle and held in the hand to pound, grind, or mix a material (as grain, pigments, or drugs) or to polish a surface (as of glass) : mano, pestle
2. : any of several rotating shoes bearing against the bottom of a cylindrical pan used for agitating, mixing, and grinding molding sand; also : the whole of such apparatus
3. : a heavy wheel rolling in the flat-bottomed cylindrical pan of a grinding wheel; also : the mill employing such a wheel
4. : bucking hammer
II. noun
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Etymology: mull (IV) + -er
: a vessel in which a beverage (as wine) is mulled over a fire
III. noun
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Etymology: mull (II) + -er
1. : a worker who moistens hat bodies for blocking
2. : dampener b(1) |