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Spindles Meaning in Spanish |
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huso
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Spindle
- (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
- (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
- (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- (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 pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
- (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
- (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
- (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
- (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Synonyms:
Arbor, Mandrel,
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• Spindleshanks
- (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Synonyms:
Spindlelegs,
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twinkle, clear-cut, obscure, peripheral, village, vigilance, lee, rubble, rubbish, flange, rubbing, ventral, valet, plus, rowing, twentieth, incline, logbook, thoughts, spares, thong, thirtieth, thirsty, sanitation, hair-raising, penetrating, fall, pia mater, opalescent, ingrown, pondering, aware, |
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Abash, Love, What, I, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Chagrin, Hi, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abbe, Abaft, Aback, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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