Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mule
Mule
mule
1. n. 1 the offspring (usu. sterile) of a male donkey and a female horse, or (in general use) of a female donkey and a male horse (cf. HINNY(1)), used as a beast of burden. 2 a stupid or obstinate person. 3 (often attrib.) a hybrid and usu. sterile plant or animal (mule canary). 4 (in full spinning mule) a kind of spinning-machine producing yarn on spindles. Etymology: ME f. OF mul(e) f. L mulus mula 2. n. a light shoe or slipper without a back. Etymology: F 3. var. of MEWL.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mul, from Latin mulus Date: 13th century 1. a hybrid between a horse and a donkey, a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not, a usually sterile hybrid, a very stubborn person, a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops, a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (as drugs), II. noun Etymology: Middle French, a kind of slipper, from Latin mulleus shoe worn by magistrates Date: 1562 a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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