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mool, moole, muil, mule, myool,
mule [m(j)ul]
n. The offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
moil, mole, moll, mollek, mool, mools, moul, mouls, mul, mule, mull, mull, mulls, mulls, mullse, mullse, muls, mulse, mulse,
mull [mʌl, SW. m(jʌ)ul, mɔil]
n. A promontory, a bluff, headland. Now chiefly in place-names.
 
mull [I. mʌl]
n. The mouth, muzzle or snout of an animal. Of people: implying a pouting sulky expression.The foremost part of the beam of an old plough.
v. To munch or chew, to eat with relish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mullse [I. mʌlz]: To make a mouth, to frame the lips in order to speak.
mule [I. mul]: A promontory, a precipitous headland.
Mullochey, Mullochie, Mullochy,
Mullochy [ˈmʌloxi]
pn. Munlochy (Rossshire).
mum, mumm,
mum [mʌm]
n. A murmur, a low inarticulate sound, a word.
v. To speak in a low inarticulate manner, to mutter or mumble.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
no a mum: Not a word.
mummie, mummy,
mummie [I.Sh. ˈmøme]
n. A mass of tiny fragments, smithereens.
mummle,
mummle [ˈmʌm(ə)l]
v. To mumble.
mumf, mump, mumpan, mumph, mumpin, mump-the-cuddie, mump-the-cuddy,
mump [ˈmʌmp]
also mumph [ˈmʌmf]
v. To nibble. To complain, mope, mumble, mutter. To talk in an indirect, allusive or suggestive manner.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mumper: Someone who gums their food because they have no teeth. A rabbit.
mumpin: Complaining, moping, mumbling.
Muneekie,
Muneekie [ˈmʌniki]
pn. Monikie (Angus).
maunge, moonge, mounge, munch, munge, munj,
munge [mun(d)ʒ]
n. A mixture. A crowd.
v. To grumble, to mutter, munch.
Munifieth,
Munifieth [ˈmʌnɪfiθ]
pn. Monifieth (Angus).

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