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Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.

Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

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

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..

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..

Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

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

Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.

Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.

Cop :: Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc..

Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Live :: Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe..

Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..

Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..

Pseudonavicula :: Pseudonavicula (n.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.

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..

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