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muley

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mu·ley  (myl, ml, ml)
adj.
Having no horns: muley cattle.
n. pl. mu·leys
An animal without horns, especially a cow.
[From Irish Gaelic maol (from Old Irish mael) or from Welsh moel, bald, hornless.]
muley [ˈmjuːlɪ], mulley [ˈmʌlɪ]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (of cattle) having no horns
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any hornless cow
[variant of dialect moiley, from Gaelic maol, Welsh moel bald]
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We returned to Constantinople, and the following year, seventy-three, it became known that Don John had seized Tunis and taken the kingdom from the Turks, and placed Muley Hamet in possession, putting an end to the hopes which Muley Hamida, the cruelest and bravest Moor in the world, entertained of returning to reign there.
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Another trick I tried upon him, which he innocently came into also: his name was Ismael, which they call Muley, or Moely; so I called to him - "Moely," said I, "our patron's guns are on board the boat; can you not get a little powder and shot?
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