Jenny

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 \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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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