Mules vs Hose - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between mules and hose

is that mules is while hose is (countable) a flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

As verbs the difference between mules and hose

is that mules is to remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis while hose is to water or spray with a hose.

mules

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(head)

Etymology 2

From the surname of the procedure's inventor, John Mules.

Verb

To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

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hose

English

(wikipedia hose)

Noun

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

(uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.

(obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

* Bible, Daniel iii. 21

These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments.

* Shakespeare

His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank.

Usage notes

* (garment covering legs ) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

Derived terms

* hose clamp * hose clip

Verb

(hos)

To water or spray with a hose.

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Vivian Russell , title=Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny citation , isbn=9780711209886 , page=83 , passage=Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.}}

To provide with hose (garment)

* {{quote-magazine

, year=1834 , author=Pierce Pungent , title=Men and Manners , date=July to December , volume=X , page=416 , magazine=Fraser's magazine for town and country citation , passage=The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed -
Nose and eyes only to the day exposed}}

To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.

* {{quote-book

, year=2003 , author=John R. Bruning , title=Jungle ace , publisher=Brassey's citation , isbn=9781574886948 , page=136 , passage=His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.}}

To trick or deceive.

* {{quote-book

, year=1995 , author=Keath Fraser , title=Popular anatomy , publisher=The Porcupine's Quill citation , isbn=9780889841499 , page=458 , passage=Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.}}

(computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

* {{quote-magazine

, year=2006 , date=Spring 2006 , author=Joel Durham Jr. , title=Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI , page=63 , magazine=Maximum PC , publisher=Future US, Inc. , issn=1522-4279 citation , passage=There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.}}

Derived terms

* hose down * home and hosed

Anagrams

* hoes * shoe English transitive verbs