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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jenny \Jen"ny\, n.; pl {Jennies}. 1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A familiar name of the European wren. {Jenny ass} (Zo["o]l.), a female ass. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jenny \Jen"ny\, n. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name See {Gin} an engine, and cf {Ginny-carriage}.] A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}. See Illust. under {Armadillo}. {Mule deer} (Zo["o]l.), 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jenny n : female donkey [syn: {jennet}, {jenny ass}]
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