Definition of spindle

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

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Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
Euonymin :: Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..
Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
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..
Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..
Live :: Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe..
Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..
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..
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..
Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
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