Definition of spindle

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Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..

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Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
Spindle-shaped :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle.
Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..
Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.
Live :: Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane..
Carrot :: Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Trendle :: Trendle (v. i.) A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..
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..
Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
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..
Spindling :: Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindl.
Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards..
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