Mull
410331
225884659
2008-07-15T21:19:10Z
Angusmclellan
203730
link [[the Oa]]
'''Mull''' could refer to:
{{Wiktionary}}
*'''Mull''', an [[Anglicization]] of the [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] ''Maol'', is a term for a rounded hill, summit, or mountain, bare of trees (it has also been used, in Gaelic, to refer to a forehead, or to a shaved head). As an adjective, the word is used to indicate something which is bare, dull, or bald. In Scotland, the term is most commonly found in use in the southwest of the country, where it is often applied to [[headlands and bays|headlands]] or [[promontory|promontories]], and, often more specifically, for the tip of that promontory or [[peninsula]]. Gaelic spelling rules require that maol, in certain syntactical arrangements, be lenited: that is, an ''h'' is inserted after the first letter, if the first letter is a consonant (and not an l, n, or r). This h makes the preceding consonant silent, or changes its sound (mh, or bh, for instance, are silent or sound like an English v). Gaelic spelling rules also require that, with the first letter lenited, the last vowel should be slender (an i, or an e). As both vowels in maol are broad, an i is inserted after. These two changes alter the sound of maol (rhymes with mull) to mhaoil (rhymes with uell, or well), as in ''Creachmhaoil'' (creach + maol). Consequently, maol, where it appears combined in place names, may not be Anglicized as ''mull''. Creachmhaoil is typically Anglicized (as a toponym) as '''Craughwell'''. The reverse is also true, and though ''mull'' appears in numerous Irish and Scottish toponyms [http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/ireland/locations/m/27.html], a convoluted history of Anglicizations means that in many it may have no connection to the word maol. The Gaelic '''mullach''' (often found as mullagh) is a variation of maol/mull. Dwelly's (Scottish) Gaelic-to-English dictionary gives the basic definition: ''the top, summit, or extremity of anything''. It is common in the names of Irish prominences, such as [[Mullaghmore (disambiguation)|Mullaghmore]] (''An Mullach Mór''), Mullaghaneany, Mullaghcloga, and Mullaghcarn. Notable mulls include:
**The [[Mull of Kintyre]]
**The [[Mull of Galloway]]
**The '''Mull of Oa''', otherwise simply [[the Oa]], a headland on [[Islay]]
**The '''Mull of Cara''', a promontory at the south of [[Cara Island]]
**The '''Mull of Logan''', a promontory on the [[Rhins of Galloway]]
**'''Mull Head''', a headland on the [[Orkney Mainland]]
**'''[[Craughwell|Creachmhaoil]]''' in [[County Galway]], in Ireland.
*The '''[[Isle of Mull]]''', a [[Scotland|Scottish]] island in the [[Inner Hebrides]] has a different derivation from the Gaelic '''maol'''.
*A '''mull''' is a technique of preparing a solid for [[infrared spectroscopy]], where it is ground to a paste with an oil, such as [[liquid paraffin]] or mineral oil, and sandwiching the resultant paste between two [[sodium chloride]] plates.
*To '''''mull''''' something over is to think about something deeply.
*To '''''mull''''' a drink means to warm it, and a mull is a hot mixed drink generally based on wine (usually red) and flavoured with herbs and spices, such as '''[[mulled wine]]'''.
*Mull, the main antagonist of ''[[Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana]]''.
*[[Dressing (medical)|Mull]] is also a surgical [[cotton]] material.
{{disambig}}
[[de:Mull]]
[[es:Mull]]
[[fr:Mull]]