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Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.

Parsnip :: Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself..

Spindle-shaped :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle.

Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.

Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.

Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..

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

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.

Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..

Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..

Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Bobbin :: 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..

Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

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