mull

The Sailor's Word-Book

Derived from the Gaelic mullach, a promontory or island; as Mull of Galloway, Mull of Cantyre, Isle of Mull. Also, when things are mismanaged; "we have made a mull of it."

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Mull
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose