Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 56
Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
With thou, then, Hush my cares? -- Otway.
And hush'd my deepest grief of all. -- Tennyson.
To hush up, To procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." -- Pope.
Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. -- Keble.
But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. -- Spenser.
Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." -- Byron.
Hush money, Money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. -- Swift.
Hush (a.) Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." -- Shak.
Hush (n.) (Poetic) Tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still].
Hush (v.) Become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
Hush (v.) Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up] [ant: louden].
Hush (v.) Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down] [ant: louden].
Hush (v.) Wash by removing particles; "Wash ores."
Hush (v.) Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals.
Husher (n.) An usher. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hushing (n.) (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining.
Hushing (n.) A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation].
Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Husk.
Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Husk.
Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), The pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
Husk (n.) Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble].
Husk (n.) Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds.
Husk (v.) Remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell].
Husk, () In Num. 6:4 (Heb. zag) it means the "skin" of a grape. In 2 Kings 4:42 (Heb. tsiqlon) it means a "sack" for grain, as rendered in the Revised Version. In Luke 15:16, in the parable of the Prodigal Son, it designates the beans of the carob tree, or Ceratonia siliqua. From the supposition, mistaken, however, that it was on the husks of this tree that John the Baptist fed, it is called "St. John's bread" and "locust tree." This tree is in "February covered with innumerable purple-red pendent blossoms, which ripen in April and May into large crops of pods from 6 to 10 inches long, flat, brown, narrow, and bent like a horn (whence the Greek name keratia, meaning 'little horns'), with a sweetish taste when still unripe. Enormous quantities of these are gathered for sale in various towns and for exportation." "They were eaten as food, though only by the poorest of the poor, in the time of our Lord." The bean is called a "gerah," which is used as the name of the smallest Hebrew weight, twenty of these making a shekel.
Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.
Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
Huskily (adv.) In a husky manner; dryly.
Huskily (adv.) In a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily].
Huskiness (n.) The state of being husky.
Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. -- G. Eliot.
Huskiness (n.) The property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness, ruggedness, toughness].
Huskiness (n.) A throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness].
Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
Husking (n.) A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." -- Longfellow.
Husking (n.) The removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking].
Husky (a.) Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. -- Dryden.
Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
Husky (a.) Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. -- Hamlin Garland.
Husky (n.; pl. -kies.) An Eskimo. [archaic]
Husky (n.) The Eskimo language. [archaic]
Husky (n.) An Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of North America.
Husky (a.) Muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly].
Husky (a.) Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky" -- Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky].
Husky (n.) Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog, husky].
Huso (n.) (Zool.) A large European sturgeon ({Huso huso or Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen and beluga. It is the source of the finest and most esteemed caviar.
Huso (n.) (Zool.) The huchen, a large salmon.
Huso (n.) The huchen, a large salmon.
Compare: Huch
Huch, Huchen (n.) [G.] (Zool.) A large salmon ({Salmo hucho or Salvelinus hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.
Hussar (n.) (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
Hussar (n.) A member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress.
Hussite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
Hussite (n.) An adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss.
Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. -- Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden.
Housewife (n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] -- P. Skelton.
Housewife (n.) A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] -- Shak.
Sailor's housewife, A ditty-bag. Housewife
Housewife (n.) 家庭主婦，家庭婦女 A woman whose work is inside the home, doing the cleaning, cooking, etc., and who usually does not have any other job.
Compare: Hussy
Hussy (n.) A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]
Hussy (n.) A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach. -- Grew.
Hussy (n.) A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely. -- Goldsmith.
Hussy (n.) A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.
Hussy (n.) A woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop].
Compare: Adulterer
Adulterer (n.) 姦夫；通姦者A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.
Adulterer (n.) (Script.) A man who violates his religious covenant. -- Jer. ix. 2.
Adulterer (n.) Someone who commits adultery or fornication [syn: adulterer, fornicator].
Hustings (n. pl.) A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant. -- Mozley & W.
Hustings (n. pl.) Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
Hustings (n. pl.) The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [Eng.]
When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies. -- Tennyson.
Hustings (n.) The activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making).
Hustings, () Engl. law. The name of a court held before the lord mayor and aldermen of London; it is the principal and supreme court of the city., See 2 Inst. 327; St. Armand, Hist. Essay on the Legisl. Power of England, 75.
Hustled (imp. & p. p.) of Hustle.
Hustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hustle.
Hustle (v. t.) To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. -- Macaulay.
Hustle (v. i.) To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. -- Sir W. Scott.
Hustle (n.) A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam].
Hustle (n.) A rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir].
Hustle (v.) Cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater."
Hustle (v.) Move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle].
Hustle (v.) Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll].
Hustle (v.) Get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter."
Hustle (v.) Pressure or urge someone into an action.
Huswife (in British English) (n.) Another name for housewife (sense 2).
Compare: Housewife
Housewife (n.) [C] (A2) (Word forms: housewives) A housewife is a married woman who does not have a paid job, but instead looks after her home and children.
// A 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane.
Huswife (n.) A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." -- Shak.
The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. -- Tusser.
Huswife (n.) A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Huswife (n.) [See Hussy a bag.] A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. -- Cowper.
Huswife (v. t.) To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman. -- Dryden.
Huswifely (a.) Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.
Huswifely (adv.) In a huswifely manner.
Compare: Housewifely
Housewifely (a.) 像主婦的，精於家事的 Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.
A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. -- Sir W. Scott.
Housewifely (a.) Related or suited to a housewife; "housewifely virtues."
Huswifery (n.) The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill. -- Tusser.
Hut (n.) A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. -- Bp. Coxe.
Compare: Hep
Hep (interj.) A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.
Hut (n.) Temporary military shelter [syn: hut, army hut, field hut].
Hut (n.) Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty].
Hutch (n.) A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
Hutch (n.) A measure of two Winchester bushels.
Hutch (n.) (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
Hutch (n.) (Mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
Hutch (n.) (Mining) A jig for washing ore.
Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
Hutched (imp. & p. p.) of Hutch.
Hutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hutch.
Hutch (v. t.) To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." -- Milton.
Hutch (v. t.) (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Hutted (imp. & p. p.) of Hutch.
Hutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hutch.
Hutch (v. t. & i.) To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.
The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. -- W. Irving.
Hutch (n.) A cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals.
Hutch (n.) Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty].
Hutchunsonian (n.) A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.
Huttonian (a.) Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. -- Lyell.
Huxter (n. & v. i.) See Huckster.
Compare: Huckster
Huckster (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. -- Swift.
Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. -- Swift.
Huckster (n.) A mean, trickish fellow. -- Bp. Hall.
Huckster (n.) A seller of shoddy goods [syn: huckster, cheap-jack].
Huckster (n.) A person who writes radio or tv advertisements.
Huckster (v.) Sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch].
Huckster (v.) Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster].
Huyghenian (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.
Huyghenian eyepiece See under Eyepiece.
Eyepiece, eye-piece (n.) (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.
Syn: ocular.
Collimating eyepiece. See under Collimate.
Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, An eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece.
Positive eyepiece, An eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece.
Terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, An eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
Huzz (v. i.) To buzz; to murmur. [Obs.]
Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. -- Latimer.
Huzza (interj.) A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.
Huzza (n.) A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.
They made a great huzza or shout. -- Evelyn.
Huzzaed (imp. & p. p.) of Huzza.
Huzzaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huzza.
Huzza (v. i.) To shout huzza; to cheer.
Huzza (v. t.) To receive or attend with huzzas.
He was huzzaed into the court. -- Addison.
Hwasong-12 (n.) 火星12彈道飛彈 The Hwasong-12 (Korean: 화성 12, meaning Mars 12; KN-17 under the U.S. naming convention), [7] in intelligence communities outside North Korea, is a mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. The Hwasong-12 was first revealed to the international community in a military parade on 14 April 2017 celebrating the Day of the Sun which is the birthday anniversary of North Korea's founding President, Kim Il-Sung.
Hy (a.) High. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hyacine (n.) A hyacinth. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hyacinth (n.) (Bot.) (a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. Hyacinthus orientalis is a common variety. Camassia ({Camassia Farseri">
Hyacinth (n.) (Bot.) (b) A plant of the genus Camassia ({Camassia Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
Hyacinth (n.) (Bot.) (c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
Hyacinth (n.) (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.
Hyacinth bean (Bot.), A climbing leguminous plant ({Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit.
Compare: Zircon
Zircon (n.) (Min.) A mineral consisting predominantly of zirconium silicate ({Zr2SiO4) occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.
Zircon (n.) An imitation gemstone made of cubic zirconia.
Zircon syenite, A coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elaeolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
Hyacinth (n.) A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn: hyacinth, jacinth].
Hyacinth (n.) Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
Hyacinthian (a.) Hyacinthine. [R.]
Hyacinthine (a.) Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth. -- Milton.
His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers. -- Cowper.
The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom. -- Emerson.
Hyades (n. pl.) Alt. of Hyads.
Hyads (n. pl.) (Astron.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea. -- Tennyson.
Hyades (n.) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward.
Compare: Hyena
Hyena (n.; pl. Hyenas.) (Zool.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaena.
Note: The striped hyena ({Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown hyena ({Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena ({Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The extinct cave hyena ({Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited England and France.
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zool.), A South African canine animal ({Lycaon venaticus), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
Hyaena (n.) (Zool.) Same as Hyena.
Hyaena (n.) Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena, hyaena].
Hyalea (n.) (Zool.) A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
Hyalescence (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
Hyaline (a.) Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." -- Carpenter.
Hyaline (n.) A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline, the glassy sea." -- Milton.
Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. -- Mrs. Browning.
Hyaline (n.) (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
Hyaline (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. -- Gamgee.
Hyaline (a.) Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline" -- Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid].
Hyaline (n.) A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin].
Hyalite (n.) (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.
Compare: Opal
Opal (n.) (Min.) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
Note: The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors of delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground, is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has colors like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal has a milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure variety, occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near Paris. Other varieties are cacholong, girasol, hyalite, and geyserite.
Hyalograph (n.) An instrument for tracing designs on glass.
Hyalography (n.) Art of writing or engraving on glass.
Hyaloid (a.) (Anat.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline" -- Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid].
Hyaloid (n.) The transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina [syn: hyaloid membrane, hyaloid].
Hyalonema (n.) (Zool.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species ({Hyalonema Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope.
Hyalophane (n.) (Min.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.
Hyalospongia (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, {Hexactinellin[ae]"> siliceous spicules; -- called also {Hexactinellin[ae].
Hyalotype (n.) A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency. -- R. Hunt. Hybernate; Hybernacle
Hybernacle () Alt. of Hybernation.
Hybernate () Alt. of Hybernation.
Hybernation () See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.
Hyblaean (a.) Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.
Hybodont (a.) (Paleon.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.
Hybodus (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.
Hybrid (a.) Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.
Hybrid (a.) Derived by a mixture of characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style; a hybrid DNA molecule.
Hybrid (n.) (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two animals or plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines, as two distinct species, or two strains of the same species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See Mongrel.
Hybrid (n.) (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.
Hybrid (n.) Anything derived by a mixture of components or characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid.
Compare: Mule
Mule (n.) (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.
Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.
Mule (n.) (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.
Mule (n.) A very stubborn person.
Mule (n.) 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 (n.) A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
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"> 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.
Hybrid (a.) Produced by crossbreeding [syn: hybrid, intercrossed]
Hybrid (n.) A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) [syn: loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid].
Hybrid (n.) A composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices."
Hybrid (n.) (Genetics) An organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross].
Hybrid, () A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Active Objects in Hybrid", O.M. Nierstrasz, SIGPLAN Notices 22(12):243-253 (OOPSLA '87) (Dec 1987)].
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HYBRID, (n.) A pooled issue.
Hybridism (n.) The state or quality of being hybrid.