Definition of spin

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Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

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Picked :: Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
Spineback :: Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc..
Chlamyphore :: Chlamyphore (n.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine..
Water Frame :: Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power..
Spine :: Spine (n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Vertebra :: Vertebra (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
Spinetail :: Spinet (n.) A spinny.
Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.
Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree..
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
Carding :: Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t..
Scepterellate :: Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
Coachman :: Coachman (n.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin..
Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..
Spider :: Spider (n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on t
Spinescent :: Spineless (a.) Having no spine.
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