twist mule

  • 1Mule twist — Mule Mule (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Mule spinners' cancer — or Mule spinners cancer was a cancer, an epithelioma of the scrotum. It was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.[1] In 1926 a British Home Office committee strongly favoured the view that this form of cancer was caused by the… …

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  • 3Mule — (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Mule armadillo — Mule Mule (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Mule deer — Mule Mule (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Mule pulley — Mule Mule (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7mule-jenny — Mule Mule (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my klos, mychlo s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8Mule twist — (spr. Muhl tuiß), englischer Name für Mulegarn, s.d …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 9Twist — Twist, baumwollenes Garn, von der Watermaschine oder Mulemaschine hergestellt und danach Water T. oder Mule T. genannt, ersteres derber, letzteres loser gedreht; zwischen beiden steht der auf der Mulemaschine gesponnene Medio T …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 10Twist — Twist, engl., das durch Maschinen gesponnene Baumwollengarn; man unterscheidet water und mule T.; festgedrehten warp (Kette) u. lockergedrehten weft (Schuß, Wefel) …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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