Definition of spin

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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..

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Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Heteracanth :: Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Spinnaker :: Spink (n.) The chaffinch.
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
Span :: Span () imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Superstition :: Superspinous (a.) Supraspinuos.
Myelon :: Myelon (n.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel..
Moloch :: Moloch (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.
Turbinate :: Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..
Mygale :: Mygale (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii)..
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Chine :: Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
Pia Mater :: Pia mater () The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
Spinney :: Spinneys (pl. ) of Spinne.
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