Definition of spindle

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

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Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.
Euonymin :: Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree..
Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..
Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
Spindle-shanked :: Spindlelegs (n.) A spindleshanks.
Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.
Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
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..
Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..
Fusiform :: Fusiform (a.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell..
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..
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..
Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
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