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jenny

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jenny has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

jennyn. 
  •  A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A familiar name of the European wren.  [1913 Webster]
Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female ass; also, a female of certain other animals.
jennyn. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.].
     A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called spinning jenny.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jenny, n. (pl. -ies)
1 hist. = spinning-jenny.
2 a female donkey or ass.
3 a locomotive crane.

Idiom
jenny-wren a popular name for a female wren.
Etymology
pet-form of the name Janet

THESAURUS

jenny

Partlet, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, burro, cow, cuddy, dickey, doe, donkey, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, jack, jackass, jennet, jenny ass, lioness, mare, mule, nanny, nanny goat, neddy, peahen, roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, silkworm, slut, sow, spider, spinner, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinster, throstle, tigress, vixen

ROGET THESAURUS

jenny

Instrument

N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.

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