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is ther a connection betwen these?
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Yep, same root. Main Entry: mu·lat·to Pronunciation: m&-'la-(")tO, mu-, myu-, -'lä- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -toes or -tos Etymology: Spanish mulato, from mulo mule, from Latin mulus 1 : the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person 2 : a person of mixed white and black ancestry http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=mulattoMain Entry: 1mule Pronunciation: 'myü(&)l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French mul, from Latin mulus 1 a : a hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare b : a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not c : a usually sterile hybrid 2 : a very stubborn person 3 : a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops 4 slang : a person who smuggles or delivers illicit drugs If you don't know it, can I suggest you try onelook.com for standard queries? It's a good starting point.
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a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops
I'd pay a dollar to see that ... as might a number of the police officers who appear before me.
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mule spinning is almost a lost art --there are 2 yarn mills in US that still provide mule spun yarn.
Worsted yarn is strong, firmer, and the machine that spin it are easier to maintain.
i suspect if you google mule spun + yarn, you'd find the mills, one is in NE, the other in MI.
i am not all that into spinning. i know there are different ways to spin and ply yarns, (worsted, cable and mule spun being the most common--perhaps even the complete list!) but i really don't have a full understanging of the differences--at a spinning level.. i can recognize the differences in the yarns.
in the US mule spun yarn used to be called 'germantown'--and centeral PA was the sorce for many 'germantown' wools. what every you call it, the yarn is softer, and has more loft--(but it also is more likely to pill.) germantown yarn was the traditional choice for infants cloths and blankets.
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Highly informative, dear Helen, but why "wind it into cops"?
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i dunno!--there are limits to amount of trivia i know!--
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Good morning captain Good morning sun Oh yes, it's good morning captain Good morning shine Don't you need another muleskinner On your new road line.
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Dr. Bill wrote me, claiming he got lucky--(but we all know luck favors a prepared mind--) -2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
he didn't let me know which dictionary had this bit, a standard, or one devoted to textiles.
so the answer is a cop is a cone of yarn.. mmm cones of yarn... (actually, my stash of un-knit yarn is become a SABLE - a Stash Accumulation Beyond Live Expectancy! i have a friend who 'pays' me in yarn to teach her to knit.. and i get about $300 dollars an hour in payment (she came into a large collection of wool, but she is alergic.. so she undervalues it..--i have actualy stopped taking payments.. 1 i felt guilty, and 2--i have so much yarn right now..
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there are limits to amount of trivia i know
Odd, my wife sez that my trivial knowledge is seemingly limitless.
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