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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Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..
Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..
Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Spindle :: 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..
Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.
Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.
Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
Pseudonavicula :: Pseudonavicula (n.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.
Trendle :: Trendle (v. i.) A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..
Amphiaster :: Amphiaster (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the 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..
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
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