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 Aires; -- 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.
Mule"-jen`ny (?), n. See Mule, 4.
Mu`le*teer" (?), n. [F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus.]
One who drives mules.
Mule"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis.
Mu"ley (?), n. (Sawmills) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not
stretched in a gate.
Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of
the journals. Forney.
Mul"ey (?), n. See Mulley.
Mu`li*eb"ri*ty (m`l*b"r*t), n. [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging
to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.] 1. The state of being a woman or of
possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.