mulleys

Noun

mulley (plural mulleys)

1. (US) A hornless or polled animal.
   • A female caribou has antlers same as a bull, but a cow moose is a mulley.1929, Lowell Thomas, Woodfill of the Regulars, page 163
2. (UK, childish, dialectal) A cow.
   • Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow.1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
3. (UK, dialectal) A mule.
   • Although not remarkably up in the world himself, yet he took care that the "mulley," at least, should occupy an elevated position in life; and so he had his stable on the flat roof, at the very top of the house, which is a high one; and he used to walk up and down the long flights of stairs which...1864, Kingsbridge Estuary, with Rambles in the Neighbourhood, page 56
4. A giant Asian catfish, Wallagonia Attu found in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indochina, Thailand, Java, and Sumatra.
   • Streamlined for action thin, flat and long, it mouth armed with two broad lines of sharp teeth – the mulley is all that it is said to be, a "fresh water shark", an eater of offal and a killer of fish.1956, The March of India - Volume 8, page 15
5. An upright crank-driven saw with no gate or sash.
   • I have used the mulley in several mills in this State and Indiana.1856 December 6, M. English, “Which is the best Saw Mill? The Mulley”, in Scientific American, volume 12, number 13, page 99
6. A light-weight harvest rake.
   • a mulley harvest rake, a very light, handy and convenient article, Sam'l Stanton , Plymouth --------Diploma1852, Transactions of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, page 104

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