mull

• That's what our current hopeless crop of politicians do, I guess -- mull. —  Peace, order and good government, eh?
• He had a figured vest strewn deep with snuff that he kept loose in a pocket (the regiment's gold mull was his purse), and a scratch wig of brown sat askew on his bullet head, raking with a soldier's swagger. —  Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
• Under the head of muslin brought to a high degree of perfection in weave and finish will be found dimity, mull, Indian lawn, organdie, Swiss, and Madras, and a host of others equally beautiful. —  Textiles and Clothing
• Muslin is wider than calico or ordinary print, and thin silk fabrics such as mull and chiffon are wider than velvet In wool dress goods various distinct widths are known as single--thirty and thirty-six inches--double fold (forty-five and fifty-four inches), etc. Silk, velvet, and velveteen are single width. —  Textiles and Clothing
• Such times came frequently, especially whenever a new garment was completed and she could try it on with much preening and many satisfied turns before the mirror It was on one of these occasions, when she was proudly revolving in the daintiest of them all, a pale blue mull which she declared was the color of a wild morning-glory, that a remark of her mother's, in the next room, filled her with dismay. —  The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor

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