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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..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..

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

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

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

Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..

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

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

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

Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

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

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

Carrot :: Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color..

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

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

Trendle :: Trendle (v. i.) A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle..

Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

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