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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
