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

Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..

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

Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..

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

Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..

Amphiaster :: Amphiaster (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc..

Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that 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..

Damsel :: Damsel (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.

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..

Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..

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