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jenny
(encz) | jenny,oslice n: Zdeněk Brož |
jenny
(encz) | Jenny,Janička Zdeněk Brož |
Jenny
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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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jenny
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | 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] |
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creeping jenny
(encz) | creeping Jenny, n: |
jenny ass
(encz) | jenny ass, n: |
jenny wren
(encz) | jenny wren, n: |
silver jenny
(encz) | silver jenny, n: |
spinning jenny
(encz) | spinning jenny, |
Jenny
(gcide) | Jenny \Jen"ny\, n.; pl. Jennies.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[WordNet 1.5]
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 ass
(gcide) | 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 jay
(gcide) | Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[=a]hi.
Cf. Gay.] (Zool.)
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to
Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera of the family
Corvidae. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller,
more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually
have a crest.
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Note: The European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a large and
handsomely colored species, having the body pale
reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills
blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue
and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on
the wings, white. Called also jay pie, Jenny jay,
and k[ae]. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta
cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly
colored, and have a large erectile crest. The
California jay (Aphelocoma Californica), the Florida
jay (Aphelocoma Floridana), and the green jay
(Xanthoura luxuosa), of Texas and Mexico, are large,
handsome, crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus
Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much
plainer and have no crest. See Blue jay, and {Whisky
jack}.
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Jay thrush (Zool.), any one several species of Asiatic
singing birds, of the genera Garrulax, Grammatoptila,
and related genera of the family Crateropodid[ae]; as,
the white-throated jay thrush (Garrulax albogularis)
(also called the white-throated laughingthrush), of
India.
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Mule-jenny
(gcide) | Mule-jenny \Mule"-jen`ny\, n.
See Mule, 4.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
[WordNet 1.5]
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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mule-jenny
(gcide) | Mule-jenny \Mule"-jen`ny\, n.
See Mule, 4.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A very stubborn person.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
[WordNet 1.5]
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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spinning jenny
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Spinning \Spin"ning\,
a. & n. from Spin.
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Spinning gland (Zool.), one of the glands which form the
material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other
larvae.
Spinning house, formerly a common name for a house of
correction in England, the women confined therein being
employed in spinning.
Spinning jenny (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning
wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles
revolving simultaneously.
Spinning mite (Zool.), the red spider.
Spinning wheel, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in
which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself
driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.
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Spinning jenny
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Spinning \Spin"ning\,
a. & n. from Spin.
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Spinning gland (Zool.), one of the glands which form the
material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other
larvae.
Spinning house, formerly a common name for a house of
correction in England, the women confined therein being
employed in spinning.
Spinning jenny (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning
wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles
revolving simultaneously.
Spinning mite (Zool.), the red spider.
Spinning wheel, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in
which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself
driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.
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creeping jenny
(wn) | creeping Jenny
n 1: a loosestrife vine [syn: moneywort, creeping Jenny,
creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia] |
jenny ass
(wn) | jenny ass
n 1: female donkey [syn: jennet, jenny, jenny ass] |
jenny lind
(wn) | Jenny Lind
n 1: Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the
management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887) [syn: Lind, {Jenny
Lind}, Swedish Nightingale] |
jenny wren
(wn) | jenny wren
n 1: any of several small active brown birds of the northern
hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
[syn: wren, jenny wren] |
silver jenny
(wn) | silver jenny
n 1: silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western
Atlantic [syn: silver jenny, Eucinostomus gula] |
spinning jenny
(wn) | spinning jenny
n 1: an early spinning machine with multiple spindles |
william le baron jenny
(wn) | William Le Baron 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] |
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