mule vs plimsoll

mule

noun
  • A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot. 

  • The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. 

  • A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error. 

  • Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors. 

  • The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals. 

  • A kind of triangular sail for a yacht. 

  • A stubborn person. 

  • A kind of cotton-spinning machine. 

  • A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character. 

  • A person paid to smuggle drugs. 

verb
  • To smuggle (illegal drugs). 

plimsoll

noun
  • A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers. 

  • The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point. 

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