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Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..

Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

Spindle-shaped :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle.

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

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.

Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

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

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..

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

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

Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..

Spindled :: Spindle (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.

Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..

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..

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

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

Dead :: Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..

Euonymin :: Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree..

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