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

Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..

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..

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

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

Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.

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

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

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..

Fusiform :: Fusiform (a.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..

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..

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

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

Euonymus :: Euonymus (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

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

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..

Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

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

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

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