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Fines, or some known mulctuary
punishments.

Mule (mūl), n. [F., a she-mule,
L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos,
mychlo`s. Cf. AS. mūl, fr. L. mulus.
Cf. Mulatto.] 1. (Zoöl.) A
hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare,
sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

&fist; Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and
proverbial for stubbornness.

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.

3. A very stubborn person.

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.

Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-
eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; --
called also mulita.


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