Talk:mull

mull
Verb tense # 4. sewnmouthsecret 19:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * "Mulled Window":
 * http://www.donyoungwindows.com/faq/anatomy.asp
 * Whether different or the same type of window, they can be assembled together in a wide variety of ways. When we attach one window on top of another, it is called “stacked”. When we attach one window beside another, it is called “mulled” or “mulling”. A “twin” window is two mulled together; a “triple” is three, a “quad” four. Some stacking and mulling requires a “mull bar” that works with sealant to ensure a tight fit. Other systems require no bars, and some are able to mull or stack different types of windows all in the same frame. Some mulled or stacked assemblies can be so big and heavy and dangerous to transport that the final assembly must be accomplished in the field and cannot be done on the factory floor.
 * http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/wind/prod/winwdmullco.html

This does appear to be a real thing, at least in the glazing industry.--Williamsayers79 18:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

heat and spice vs think about
¨mull¨ is only used for thinking about something when you cogitate over an extended period in the background and mulling wine is traditionally done over a long period (the much shorter process of mere heat and spice being a relatively new commercial endeavour).

I suspect that the heating + spicing meaning and thinking about meaning are both derived from the same use (which I suspect, without evidence, that thinking about something slowly is derived from the heating + spicing meaning) 93.96.96.27 23:18, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Etymology for mulling of wine
Chambers 1908 links it instead to ME molde-ale, a funeral banquet, from molde, grave earth. Equinox ◑ 05:02, 1 December 2018 (UTC)