Definition of reel

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Reel (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel..

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Vacillate :: Vacillate (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Dendroidal :: Dendroidal (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Preelect :: Preelect (v. t.) To elect beforehand.
Bounteous :: Bounteous (a.) Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production..
Effusive :: Effusive (a.) Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor..
Self-indulgent :: Self-indulgent (a.) Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely..
Filature :: Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..
Reelection :: Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief..
Swimbel :: Swim (v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims..
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..
Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely..
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