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▪ I. muley, mooley, n. and a.1 Now chiefly U.S.|ˈmjuːlɪ, ˈmuːlɪ|
Also 6, 9 mulley.
[variant of moiley.]
A. n.
1. (Usu. mooley). A name for a hornless cow. Also used for any cow.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 135 Leaue milking and drie vp old mulley thy cow. 1838Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. iv, Gives his Old Mooley a chance o' sneakin' into his neighbour's fields o' nights. 1867‘T. Lackland’ Homespun ii. 213 They are all so fond of patient ‘mooley’ too. 1877Rep. Vermont Dairymen's Assoc. VIII. 50 He should hope that his next beef might come from a polled cow or mooley. 1902A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden i. 3, I couldn't help laughing at the sight of your Mooley slinking it for the woods with the cans and milk flying. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy ii. 25 There were a number of muleys among the cattle.
2. U.S. A ‘muley saw’ (see B 2). Also attrib., as muley head (see quot. 1875 in B 2).
1864in Webster. 1883E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Jan. 208/2 The log..is sent at once against a ‘muley’, or straight rip-saw.
B. adj.
1. Of cattle: Hornless. mooley cow, a hornless cow; a cow.
1840Picayune (New Orleans) 10 Sept. 2/6 Brought to the Pound..a red and white mooley cow. 1885W. T. Hornaday 2 Yrs. in Jungle xv. 169 A stag without its horns..always reminded me of a mulley cow. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy vi. 83 That muley steer, the white four year old, didn't like to bed down amongst the others. 1946‘Brahms’ & ‘Simon’ Trottie True iv. 55 ‘Hortense sounds just like an old mooley cow,’ she giggled, blissfully unaware that she herself had sounded exactly like a young foghorn.
2. U.S. (Mech.) In muley axle, ‘a car axle having no collars at the ends’ (Cent. Dict. 1890); muley saw (see quot. 1875).[The conjecture that muley saw is a perversion of G. mühlsäge mill-saw seems to be unfounded: see Encycl. Brit. (1886) XXI. 343/2 note.] 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 146 The muley-saw, a saw which is not hung in the gate. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., 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.
▪ II. † ˈmuley, a.2 Obs.
In 7 moully, 9 mooly.
[f. mule2 + -y.]
Having chilblains on the heels.
1610Markham Masterp. ii. lxxviii. 351 Scratches, Moully heeles, or any other sciruy scalls whatsoeuer. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 207 Kickin' the neist to garr him gae On's mooly-heel rapt thorny tae.
▪ III. muley, a.3|ˈmjuːlɪ|
Also muly.
[f. mule1 + -y1.]
Mulish, stubborn; sulky.
1871Yorks. Mag. I. 28/2 Enah means by and by; muly, sulky [etc.]. 1922J. A. Dunn Man Trap v. 68, I got another drink into him, and made a fatal error in doing it, for he turned muley. 1956Sat. Even. Post 21 Apr. 82 With the profits come a steady succession of worries that would discourage any but the most muley. |
