mullet (2)

[Fr. molette, mollette =the rowel of a spur; O. Ital. mollette a mullet, from molla = a wheel, from Lat. mola =a mill.] *1. Ord. Lang . ( pl .): Small pincers used for curl. ing the hair. "Here's a hair too much; take it off; where are thy mullets ? " - Ben Jonson : Cynthia's Revels , v. 2. 2. Her .: A figure resembling the rowel of a spur, having five points in English heraldry and six in French. It is the filial distinction of a third son. "And in the chief three mullets stood." Scott : Marmion , vi. 2. mul-leỹ, s. [Provinc. Eng. mull =acow; dim in suff. -ey; cf. Gael. maol bare, polled; without horns.] A cow. "Leave milking and dry up old mulley thy cow." Tu er: Husbandrie , p. 135. mul-li-çīte, s. [From Mullica Hill, New Jersey suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A variety of Vivianite (q. v.), occurring in cylindrical aggregations of fibro-lamellar crystals in a friable ferruginous sand. These are mostly replacements of fo il belemnites. It is also pseudomorphous after other fo ils.