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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Myelon :: Myelon (n.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel..
Candite :: Candite (n.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon..
Dura Mater :: Dura mater () The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura..
Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..
Perch :: Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches..
Chine :: Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein..
Aristate :: Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip..
Spinule :: Spinstry (n.) The business of one who spins; spinning.
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..
Infraspinal :: Infraspinal (a.) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
Wisping :: Wisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wis.
Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument..
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..
Spindleworm :: Spindletail (n.) The pintail duck.
Wrasse :: Wrasse (n.) Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored..
Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
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