mullock noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •(Australia, New-Zealand) Mining waste or ore processing waste. •(Australia, New-Zealand) Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft. •(Australia, New-Zealand) Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.The gold, both in the quartz and mullock, is very fine, and, owing to the soft and ferruginous nature of the stuff, specks can but very rarely be seen during working. — 1875 •(dialect, UK) Rubbish, waste matter. •Nonsense, rubbish. •(dialect, UK) A mess; the result of a blunder.For when they saw awr Mary, / They made a mullock on it, / For they thowt 'at all them flaars / Had been put on Mary's bonnet. — 1911 verb1 •To clear waste material out of a mine. formsmullocked · mullocking · mullocks
