mule

  • 31mule — mule1 /myoohl/, n. 1. the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure footedness. Cf. hinny1. 2. any hybrid… …

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  • 32MULE — s. f. Femelle de même nature que le mulet. Mule noire. Mule fantasque, quinteuse, opiniâtre, ombrageuse. Les magistrats et les médecins allaient autrefois sur des mules. Carrosse tiré par des mules. Fam., Être fantasque, être têtu comme une mule …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 33mule — n. 1) to drive; ride a mule 2) mules bray 3) a team of mules 4) (misc.) as stubborn as a mule * * * [mjuːl] ride a mule (misc.) as stubborn as a mule a team of mules to drive mules bray …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 34mule — I. A hybrid animal resulting from crossing a mare (female horse) and a jack (male donkey). All male mules and most female mules are sterile. Although mules aren t a breed, the American Donkey and Mule Society registers mules through one of its… …

    Combined glossary of agriculture

  • 35mule —    A mule is the offspring of a male ass and a mare, though the word is loosely applied to the offspring of a female ass and a stallion (properly a hinny). Mules have long had a reputation for stubbornness and stupidity, but ‘you mule’ does not… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 36mule — English has two words mule. The ‘donkeylike animal’ [13] comes via Old French mul from Latin mūlus, which was borrowed from a pre Latin language of the Mediterranean area; Albanian mušk ‘mule’ is related. Mule the ‘slipper’ [16] is probably an… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37mule — I [[t]myul[/t]] n. 1) vet ahb. the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey Compare hinny 2) inf a stubborn person 3) orn a hybrid songbird, esp. of the canaryand another finch 4) bot any sterile hybrid plant 5) cvb sts Slang. a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38mule — English has two words mule. The ‘donkeylike animal’ [13] comes via Old French mul from Latin mūlus, which was borrowed from a pre Latin language of the Mediterranean area; Albanian mušk ‘mule’ is related. Mule the ‘slipper’ [16] is probably an… …

    Word origins

  • 39MULE — M.U.L.E. Entwickler Ozark Softscape Publisher …

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  • 40mule — ● n. f. ►APPLI►ARGOT Diminutif d eMule. Être sur la mule signifie télécharger des fichiers en P2P avec ce logiciel. Voir aussi MULE (dans un tout autre sens) …

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