Definition of spindle

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Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..

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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..
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis..
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..
Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..
Spindle-shanked :: Spindlelegs (n.) A spindleshanks.
Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle..
Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
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..
Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..
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