Spin"dle (?), n. [AS. spinal, fr.
spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille,
spindel, OHG. spinnala. √170. See Spin.]
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. Specifically:
--
(a) (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.
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which
the runner of a grinding mill turns.
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which
a core of sand is formed.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a
spindle.
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. (Zoöl.) (a) Any
marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also
spindle stromb. (b) Any marine
gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a
machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a
lathe. -- Live spindle (Mach.), the
revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a
turning lathe. -- Spindle shell.
(Zoöl.) See Spindle, 7. above. --
Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the
female line; opposed to spear side. Ld. Lytton.
[R.] "King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus."
Lowell. -- Spindle tree (Bot.),
any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E.
Europæus was used for spindles and skewers. See
Prickwood.
Spin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Spindled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spindling (?).] To shoot or grow into a long, slender
stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and
slender.
It has begun to spindle into
overintellectuality.
Lowell.
Spin"dle (?), n. [AS. spinal, fr.
spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille,
spindel, OHG. spinnala. √170. See Spin.]
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. Specifically:
--
(a) (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.
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which
the runner of a grinding mill turns.
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which
a core of sand is formed.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a
spindle.
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. (Zoöl.) (a) Any
marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also
spindle stromb. (b) Any marine
gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a
machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a
lathe. -- Live spindle (Mach.), the
revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a
turning lathe. -- Spindle shell.
(Zoöl.) See Spindle, 7. above. --
Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the
female line; opposed to spear side. Ld. Lytton.
[R.] "King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus."
Lowell. -- Spindle tree (Bot.),
any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E.
Europæus was used for spindles and skewers. See
Prickwood.
Spin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Spindled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spindling (?).] To shoot or grow into a long, slender
stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and
slender.
It has begun to spindle into
overintellectuality.
Lowell.
