MULES

Etymology 1

Noun

mules

plural of mule

Verb

mules

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mule

Etymology 2

Verb

mules (third-person singular simple present muleses, present participle mulesing, simple past and past participle mulesed)

(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

Anagrams

• Lemus, mulse

Proper noun

Mules

plural of Mule

Anagrams

• Lemus, mulse

Source: Wiktionary


MULE

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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Word of the Day

8 May 2025

INSULATION

(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity


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