Definition of reel

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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..

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Tipsy :: Tipsy (superl.) Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling..
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Dendroidal :: Dendroidal (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Straticulate :: Strathspey (n.) A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune..
Free :: Free (adv.) Freely; willingly.
Titubation :: Titubation (n.) The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Vacillate :: Vacillate (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
Passable :: Passable (a.) Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
Versatile :: Versatile (a.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird..
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger..
Reel :: Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread..
Large :: Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.
Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..
Reel :: Reel (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel..
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
Frankly :: Frankly (adv.) In a frank manner; freely.
Crail :: Crail (n.) A creel or osier basket.
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