MULE

mule

(noun) hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

mule, scuff

(noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

mule (plural mules)

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.

(dated) A hybrid plant.

(informal) A stubborn person.

(slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.

(numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

(RPG) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.

Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.

(sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.

A kind of cotton-spinning machine.

Synonyms

• (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse): Missouri canary

• See also stubborn person

Verb

mule (third-person singular simple present mules, present participle muling, simple past and past participle muled)

(transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).

Etymology 2

Noun

mule (plural mules)

A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

Proper noun

Mule (plural Mules)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mule is the 19027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Mule, n. Etym: [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. m, fr. L. mulus. Cf. Mulatto.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

3. A very stubborn person.

4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo.

– Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears.

– Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel.

– Mule twist, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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