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muleyn.1adj.2  Brit.  /ˈmjuːli/, /ˈmuːli/, /ˈmʌli/, U.S. /ˈmjuli/, /ˈmuli/, /ˈməli/Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare moiley n. or moulleen n. Compare also moil n.3 and adj., mull n.5 Now chiefly North American. A. n.1the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > name for the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > horn > cow defined by 1570 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 8 Leaue milking & dry vp olde Mulley thy Cowe. 1838 T. C. Haliburton 2nd Ser. iv Gives his Old Mooley a chance o' sneakin' into his neighbour's fields o' nights. 1867 ‘T. Lackland’ ii. 213 They are all so fond of patient ‘mooley’ too. 1877 8 50 He should hope that his next beef might come from a polled cow or mooley. 1903 A. Adams ii. 25 There were a number of muleys among the cattle. 1913 W. C. Barnes 180 Bulls should not be dehorned so close as to make them muleys, as they need their horns as a means of defense against steers or stags. 1968 S. E. Roberts i. 9 Papa bought a team of oxen... Both of them were muleys. 1994 R. Hendrickson 164/1 Muley, a cow without horns. society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > parts of saw-mill equipment 1846 25 June 1/3 The saw mill has but one saw, a ‘muley’, constructed upon an improved principle. 1877 Dec. 151/2 The ‘muley’..was a thick, heavy saw, needing no sash, and could be driven through the log at a tremendous rate. 1883 Jan. 208/2 The log..is sent at once against a ‘muley’, or straight rip-saw. B. adj.2the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns > having no horns 1836 22 83 Old Patchwork wouldn't give her more than what she stood up in and the muly cow. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Mulley Cow, a name used for a cow chiefly among children, or by parents when speaking to children. 1885 W. T. Hornaday xv. 169 A stag without its horns..always reminded me of a mulley cow. 1903 A. Adams vi. 83 That muley steer, the white four year old, didn't like to bed down amongst the others. 1946 ‘C. Brahms’ & ‘S. J. Simon’ iv. 55 ‘Hortense sounds just like an old mooley cow,’ she giggled, blissfully unaware that she herself had sounded exactly like a young foghorn. 1994 2 Jan. c7 More lip than a muley cow. Compounds a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 622/2 Muley axle (Railway), one without collars on the outer ends of the axle. 1857 20 June 322/4 The peculiar manner of arranging the circular muley head on the stationary elevated shield, whereby the guides are capable of being adjusted to any position desired. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1495/2 Muley saw, a mill-saw..which is not strained in a gate or sash, but has a more rapid reciprocating motion, and has guide-carriages above and below, called muley-heads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muleyn.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.1, -y suffix6. Etymology: < mule n.1 + -y suffix6, with reference to the deer's large ears. North American colloquial. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) 1959 Aug. 16/3 She was carrying two beautiful goat robes and the antlers, cape and hams of a giant mulie. 1964 Oct. 16/1 The big muley buck. 1982 R. Elman (rev. ed.) 480 A hunter from the East may be unprepared for his first glimpse of a mature muley buck across some high meadow. 1989 Dec. 1/2 I've been hunting for trophy muleys for nearly 40 years. 1998 T. Clancy vii. 142 He returned to scanning the building, patiently, like stalking out a mountain deer trail for a big muley. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muleyadj.1Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.2, -y suffix1. Etymology: < mule n.2 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier muled adj.1, mouldy adj.3 Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > blain or chilblain 1610 G. Markham ii. lxxviii. 351 Scratches, Moully heeles, or any other sciruy scalls whatsoeuer. 1782 J. Sinclair i. 36 Mouly heels, kibed, or sore heels. 1827 W. Tennant 207 Kickin' the neist to garr him gae On's mooly-heel rapt thorny tae. 1868 Add. 509 Superstition has a cure for these painful affections of the extremities. Go to a strange door at night, and tap gently; when questioned from within, ‘Wha's there?’ answer, ‘Moullie-heils, tak' ye them there’. 1923 G. Watson 213 Mooly, affected by chilblains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muleyadj.3Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.1, -y suffix1. Etymology: < mule n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier mulish adj.Compare the slightly earlier English regional (Yorkshire) adjective muled recorded in this sense in Eng. Dial. Dict. the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] 1871 1 28/2 Enah means by and by; muly, sulky [etc.]. 1922 J. A. Dunn v. 68 I got another drink into him, and made a fatal error in doing it, for he turned muley. 1956 21 Apr. 82 With the profits come a steady succession of worries that would discourage any but the most muley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1adj.21570 n.21959adj.11610adj.31871 |