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- Spindle - n. - The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
- Spindle - n. - A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
- 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.
- Spindle - n. - The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
- Spindle - n. - A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
- Spindle - n. - The fusee of a watch.
- Spindle - n. - A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- Spindle - n. - A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- Spindle - n. - A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- Spindle - n. - Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
- Spindle - n. - Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
- Spindle - v. i. - To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
- Spindle-legged - a. - Having long, slender legs.
- Spindle-shanked - a. - Having long, slender legs.
- Spindle-shaped - a. - Having the shape of a spindle.
- Spindle-shaped - a. - Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
- Spindled - imp. & p. p. - of Spindle
- Spindlelegs - n. - A spindleshanks.
- Spindleshanks - n. - A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
- Spindletail - n. - The pintail duck.
- 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.
- Step - v. i. - A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- Dead - a. - Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
- 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.
- Hasp - n. - A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- Live - a. - Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
- 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.
- Euonymin - n. - A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.
- Gatten tree - - A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus).
- Spindle - n. - A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
- Arbor - n. - An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
- 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.
- Driver - n. - A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
- 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.
- Axle - n. - The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
- Tailpin - n. - The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
- Axletree - n. - A spindle or axle of a wheel.
- 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.
- Puppet - n. - The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
- Verge - n. - The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
- Ink - n. - The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
- Spindle - n. - Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
- Mandrel - n. - The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
- Bridgetree - n. - The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
- Damsel - n. - An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
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- H3601 כִּישׁוֹר - 3601 כִּישׁוֹר - כִּישׁוֹר - - kîyshôwr - kee-shore' - from כָּשֵׁר; compare פֶּלֶךְ; literally a director, i.e. the spindle or shank of adistaff, by which it is twirled; spindle. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H6418 פֶּלֶךְ - 6418 פֶּלֶךְ - פֶּלֶךְ - - pelek - peh'-lek - from an unused root meaning to be round; a circuit (i.e. district); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch; (di-) staff, participle - Noun Masculine - heb
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