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

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

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

Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle..

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

Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone 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..

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

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

Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.

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

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

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

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

Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

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

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