Spindle
Definition of Spindle
Spin´dle | n. | 1. | The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. | | 2. | A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. | | 3. | (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. | | 3. | The fusee of a watch. | | 4. | (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. | | 4. | A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. | | 5. | (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. | | 5. | A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. | | 6. | (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. | | 7. | (Zool.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; - called also spindle stromb. | | v. i. | 1. | To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. |
Related Words
arbor, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, distaff, fulcrum, gimbal, gudgeon, hinge, hingle, hub, mandrel, nave, oarlock, pin, pintle, pivot, pole, radiant, rowlock, swivel, trunnion
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