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Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Interhaemal :: Interhaemal (a.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines.

Curmudgeon :: Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Spindleworm :: Spindletail (n.) The pintail duck.

Gahnite :: Gahnite (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.

Spinning :: Spinney (n.) Same as Spinny.

Ceylanite :: Ceylanite (n.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste..

Fusiform :: Fusiform (a.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..

Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc..

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Sea Porcupine :: Sea porcupine () Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon..

Surgeoncy :: Surgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon..

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