Definition of spindle

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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..

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Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..
Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle..
Parsnip :: Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself..
Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..
Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Live :: Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..
Cop :: Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc..
Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..
Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..
Spindled :: Spindle (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..
Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..
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