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Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

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

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

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

Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock..

Spindled :: Spindle (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

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

Spindling :: Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment..

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

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

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