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Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..

Spindleworm :: Spindletail (n.) The pintail duck.

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

Spindling :: 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..

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

Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

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

Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..

Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.

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..

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