Definition of reel

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Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger..

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Giddy :: Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.
Gratis :: Gratis (adv.) For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
Arbor Vitae :: Arbor vitae () The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
Skein :: Skein (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot..
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Arborized :: Arborized (a.) Having a treelike appearance.
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..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor..
Large :: Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.
Carouse :: Carouse (v. i.) To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
Banana :: Banana (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa..
Reeligible :: Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office..
Lernaeacea :: Lernaeacea (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix..
Dendroidal :: Dendroidal (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Creel :: Creel (n.) An osier basket, such as anglers use..
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..
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..
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