Definition of reel

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Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches..

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Lief :: Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not..
Reel :: Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives..
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger..
Breath :: Breath (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath..
Reel :: Reel (n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel..
Gratuity :: Gratuity (n.) Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present.
Kreel :: Kreel (n.) See Creel.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..
Crail :: Crail (n.) A creel or osier basket.
Filature :: Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons..
Creel :: Creel (n.) An osier basket, such as anglers use..
Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison..
Render :: Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way..
Cappadine :: Cappadine (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag..
Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause..
Spun :: Spilth (n.) Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion..
Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
Titubation :: Titubation (n.) The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling..
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