mulingn.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjulɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mule n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The breeding of hybrids, esp. mule canaries. Cf. mule n.¹ 4c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > cross between canary and another finch > breeding of

muling1891

1854 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts II. 984/1 Mr. Maund has been occupied for some years past in the endeavour to ascertain whether something like an important result cannot be produced upon wheat by muling.

1891 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 20 Feb. (Suppl.) S. 528/3 Sib br[e]d muling hens [sc. canaries].

1893 R. L. Wallace Canary Bk. (ed. 3) 105 When birds are sufficiently ‘sib-bred’ for muling purposes.

1909 Biometrika 7 16 In our cinnamon muling experiments we have shown that position is correlated with cinnamon sporting and frills.

2. colloquial. The use of a courier to smuggle drugs. Cf. mule n.¹ 2c.

ΚΠ

1965 Sat. Evening Post 4 Dec. 26 A favorite technique is ‘muling’, a term which stems from the days when Mexican peons smuggled marijuana, hidden under heads of lettuce and other produce, on the backs of mules. Today old trucks and cars are used.

1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 June c11 Muling remains the most efficient means of moving the drug.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 16 Mar. 57 A young man who progresses through theft to ‘muling’ (smuggling drugs into prison by hiding them where the sun doesn't shine).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muling
释义	mulingn. Brit. /ˈmjuːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjulɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mule n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The breeding of hybrids, esp. mule canaries. Cf. mule n.¹ 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > cross between canary and another finch > breeding of muling1891 1854 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts II. 984/1 Mr. Maund has been occupied for some years past in the endeavour to ascertain whether something like an important result cannot be produced upon wheat by muling. 1891 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 20 Feb. (Suppl.) S. 528/3 Sib br[e]d muling hens [sc. canaries]. 1893 R. L. Wallace Canary Bk. (ed. 3) 105 When birds are sufficiently ‘sib-bred’ for muling purposes. 1909 Biometrika 7 16 In our cinnamon muling experiments we have shown that position is correlated with cinnamon sporting and frills. 2. colloquial. The use of a courier to smuggle drugs. Cf. mule n.¹ 2c. ΚΠ 1965 Sat. Evening Post 4 Dec. 26 A favorite technique is ‘muling’, a term which stems from the days when Mexican peons smuggled marijuana, hidden under heads of lettuce and other produce, on the backs of mules. Today old trucks and cars are used. 1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 June c11 Muling remains the most efficient means of moving the drug. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 16 Mar. 57 A young man who progresses through theft to ‘muling’ (smuggling drugs into prison by hiding them where the sun doesn't shine). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
随便看	elephant's teeth elephant's-trunk-plant elephant's-tusks elephant's-vine elephant'strunkplant elephant'stusks elephant'svine elephant-apple elephant-bed elephant-beetle elephant-colour elephant-creeper elephant-fish elephant-gravel elephant-grey elephant-headed elephant-horn elephant-keeper elephant-killer elephant-leg elephant-like elephant-paper elephant-path elephant-rain elephant-seal