jenny

5 definitions found

jenny - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jenny \Jen"ny\, n.; pl. Jennies.
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     1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
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     2. (Zool.) A familiar name of the European wren.
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     Jenny ass (Zool.), a female ass; also, a female of certain
        other animals.
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  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. Also called spinning jenny.
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  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. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
        between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied
        to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid
        is more properly termed a hinny. See Hinny.
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     Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
           and proverbial for stubbornness.
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     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.
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     3. A very stubborn person.
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     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.
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     5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
  
     Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
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     Mule armadillo (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
        hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita.
        See Illust. under Armadillo.
  
     Mule deer (Zool.), a large deer (Cervus macrotis syn.
        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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jenny - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Jenny
      n 1: United States architect who designed the first skyscraper
           in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907) [syn:
           Jenny, William Le Baron Jenny]
      2: female donkey [syn: jennet, jenny, jenny ass]

jenny - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "jenny":
     Partlet, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, biddy, bitch, bossy,
     brood mare, burro, cow, cuddy, dickey, doe, donkey, ewe, ewe lamb,
     filly, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, jack, jackass, jennet,
     jenny ass, lioness, mare, mule, nanny, nanny goat, neddy, peahen,
     roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, silkworm, slut, sow, spider,
     spinner, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinster, throstle,
     tigress, vixen