mullock

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 231 words | Copyright

mullock (dial.) rubbish, refuse XIV; (Austral.) rock not containing gold XIX. f. dial. mull (XIV) dust, ashes, rubbish;, rel. to OE. myl dust, cogn. with (M)Du. mul, mol, ON. moli crumb, mylja crush, f. Gmc. *mul-; see MEAL1, -OCK.

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