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Mule 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 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.

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- spinning mule spins textile fibres into yarn by an intermittent process. In the draw stroke, the roving is pulled through rollers and twisted; on the return...
- Asimov's depiction of the Mule's psychic mani****tion of others, Wimmer and Wilkins wrote that "the big twist about the Mule, his identity, and his powers...
- The yarn is twisted through the spinning of the bobbin as the carriage moves out, and is rolled onto a cop as the carriage returns. Mule spinning produces...
- industry until about 1810. The spinning jenny was su****ded by the spinning mule. The jenny was adapted for the process of slubbing, being the basis of the...
- spindles and 26,000 ring spindles, spinning 16s. They had 300/408 mule twist, 208/368 ring twist, 228/428 weft. Arkwright Cotton Spinning Co (1885) Lancashire...
- and suggests radically different conclusions. The twist he has introduced into Dune is that the Mule, not the Foundation, is his hero." In 1995, Donald...
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- Corner". Buckeye Tavern. March 15, 1945. pg. 6, col. 2. qtd. in "Moscow Mule; Molotov ****tail; Manhattan ****tail". The Linguist List. American Dialect...
- Manchester. It lies alongside the Rochdale Canal. It was built in 1904 as a new mule mill, by F. W. Dixon The engine stopped in 1963. The building still stands...
- 2023). "Gov't Mule Honors Influences With Their Own Twist". No Depression. Retrieved June 18, 2023. Smith, Rob (June 15, 2023). "Gov't Mule, 'Peace ......