01 n. 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 p…
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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.
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A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
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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.(Mach.)
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The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.(Mach.)
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A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.(Founding)
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The fusee of a watch.
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A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.(Geom.)
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Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.(Zool.) Also: spindle stromb
Phrases & compounds
Dead spindle —
a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe.
Live spindle —
the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe.
Spindle side —
the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to spear side.
Spindle tree —
any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of Eunymus Europaeus was used for spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.