Mullock

Mullock
Mullock Mul"lock, n. [From {Mull} dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. [root]108.] Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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  • Mullock — may refer to: John T. Mullock (1807–1869), Roman Catholic bishop of St. John s, Newfoundland Julia Mullock (born 1928), disputed member of the Korean Imperial Household Richard Mullock (1851–1920), Welsh sporting administrator and official This… …   Wikipedia

  • mullock — noun a) Rubbish, waste matter. On certain days, when hot currents shimmered off Oysters Reef, we would detect the chalk dust of the mullock heaps, acrid; or, from the opal mines themselves, the ghastly fug of the tunnels and shafts. b) Waste rock …   Wiktionary

  • mullock — /ˈmʌlək / (say muluhk) noun 1. mining refuse; muck. 2. anything valueless. –verb (i) 3. Colloquial to work in a slipshod way. –phrase 4. poke mullock at, Colloquial to ridicule; make fun of. {British dialect mullock heap of rubbish, refuse. See… …  

  • mullock — mullocky, adj. /mul euhk/, n. 1. (in Australasia) refuse or rubbish, as rock or earth, from a mine; muck. 2. poke mullock at, Australian. to ridicule. [1350 1400; orig. dial. E; ME mullok, equiv. to mul dust, mold, rubbish (cf. OE myl dust; vowel …   Universalium

  • mullock — [ mʌlək] noun 1》 dialect rubbish or nonsense. 2》 Austral./NZ rock which contains no gold or from which gold has been extracted. Phrases poke mullock at Austral./NZ informal ridicule. Origin ME: dimin. of earlier mul dust, rubbish , from MDu …   English new terms dictionary

  • Mullock, John T. — Mullock, John T. • Bishop of St. John s, Newfoundland, born in 1807 at Limerick, Ireland; died at St. John s, Newfoundland, 26 March, 1869 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mullock, John T.     John T. Mullock …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Mullock — anything valueless; nonsense; rubbish …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • mullock — I Australian Slang anything valueless; nonsense; rubbish II Yorkshire Dialect Mess …   English dialects glossary

  • mullock — mul·lock …   English syllables

  • mullock —  dirt or rubbish. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

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