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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
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 19027th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
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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