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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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