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Yarn :: Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn..

Turban-shell :: Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Tendril :: Tendril (a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..

Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..

Picked :: Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.

Placoid :: Placoid (a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids..

Spinney :: Spinneys (pl. ) of Spinne.

Spinage :: Spinach (n.) Alt. of Spinag.

Hasping :: Hasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Has.

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc..

Piecer :: Piecer (n.) A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Aborted :: Aborted (a.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches..

Rachis :: Rachis (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like..

Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..

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