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spindle
(encz) | spindle,čep n: Zdeněk Brož |
spindle
(encz) | spindle,vřeteno n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spindle
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
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2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
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(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.
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(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
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(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
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Spindle
(gcide) | Spindle \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.
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It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality.
--Lowell.
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spindle
(wn) | spindle
n 1: (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the
fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in
the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in
mitosis and meiosis"
2: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a
baluster, chair leg, etc.
3: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril,
arbor]
4: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
5: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed
object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in
order" [syn: spike, spindle] |
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common spindle tree
(encz) | common spindle tree, n: |
spindle
(encz) | spindle,čep n: Zdeněk Brožspindle,vřeteno n: Zdeněk Brož |
spindle horn
(encz) | spindle horn, n: |
spindle tree
(encz) | spindle tree, n: |
spindle-legged
(encz) | spindle-legged, adj: |
spindle-shanked
(encz) | spindle-shanked, adj: |
spindle-shaped
(encz) | spindle-shaped, adj: |
spindle-tree family
(encz) | spindle-tree family, n: |
spindleberry
(encz) | spindleberry, n: |
spindleberry tree
(encz) | spindleberry tree, n: |
spindled
(encz) | spindled, |
spindlelegs
(encz) | spindlelegs, n: |
spindleshanks
(encz) | spindleshanks, n: |
winged spindle tree
(encz) | winged spindle tree, n: |
Dead spindle
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
[1913 Webster]
(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.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
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(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
[1913 Webster]Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
[PJC]
15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
[PJC]
19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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dead spindle
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
[1913 Webster]
(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.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
[1913 Webster]
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
[1913 Webster]
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
[1913 Webster]Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
[1913 Webster]
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
[PJC]
15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
[PJC]
19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
[1913 Webster]
Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Live spindle
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
[1913 Webster]
(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.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
[1913 Webster]
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The fusee of a watch.
[1913 Webster]
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
[1913 Webster]
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
[1913 Webster]
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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
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Parabolic spindle
(gcide) | Parabolic \Par`a*bol"ic\, Parabolical \Par`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See Parable.]
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1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or
figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
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2. [From Parabola.] (Geom.)
(a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining
to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
(b) Having a form like that generated by the revolution of
a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a
directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid; a parabolic
reflector; a parabolic antenna.
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Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing
curve is a parabola. See Conoid.
Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal
surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very
distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used
in reflecting telescopes.
Parabolic spindle, the solid generated by revolving the
portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right
angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an
axis.
Parabolic spiral, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by
the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped
about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an
analogy to the parabola.
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Spindle shell
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
[1913 Webster]
(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.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
[1913 Webster]
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The fusee of a watch.
[1913 Webster]
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
[1913 Webster]
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
[1913 Webster]
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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
[1913 Webster] |
Spindle side
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
[1913 Webster]
(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.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
[1913 Webster]
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The fusee of a watch.
[1913 Webster]
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
[1913 Webster]
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
[1913 Webster]
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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
[1913 Webster] |
spindle stromb
(gcide) | Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
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2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
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(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.
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(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
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(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
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spindle tree
(gcide) | Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Euonymus Europ[ae]us); -- so named from the use of
its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
spindle tree.
[1913 Webster]Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
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2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
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(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.
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(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
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(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
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Spindle tree
(gcide) | Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Euonymus Europ[ae]us); -- so named from the use of
its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
spindle tree.
[1913 Webster]Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]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.
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2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
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(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.
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(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
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(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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3. The fusee of a watch.
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4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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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. (Zool.) 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 Eunymus Europaeus was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
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Spindled
(gcide) | Spindle \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.
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It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality.
--Lowell.
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Spindle-legged
(gcide) | Spindle-legged \Spin"dle-legged`\, a.
Having long, slender legs.
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Spindlelegs
(gcide) | Spindlelegs \Spin"dle*legs`\, n.
A spindleshanks.
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Spindle-shanked
(gcide) | Spindle-shanked \Spin"dle-shanked`\, a.
Having long, slender legs. --Addison.
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Spindleshanks
(gcide) | Spindleshanks \Spin"dle*shanks`\, n.
A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or
in contempt.
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Spindle-shaped
(gcide) | Spindle-shaped \Spin"dle-shaped`\, a.
1. Having the shape of a spindle.
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2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends;
fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
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Spindletail
(gcide) | Spindletail \Spin"dle*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]
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Spindleworm
(gcide) | Spindleworm \Spin"dle*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds
inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much
damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of
black dots across each segment.
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Tail spindle
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
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15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
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16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
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18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
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19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
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Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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common spindle tree
(wn) | common spindle tree
n 1: small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and
cathartic bark and fruit [syn: common spindle tree,
Euonymus europaeus] |
spindle
(wn) | spindle
n 1: (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the
fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in
the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in
mitosis and meiosis"
2: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a
baluster, chair leg, etc.
3: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril,
arbor]
4: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
5: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed
object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in
order" [syn: spike, spindle] |
spindle horn
(wn) | spindle horn
n 1: cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the
agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope;
characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat [syn:
forest goat, spindle horn, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis] |
spindle tree
(wn) | spindle tree
n 1: any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus
having showy usually reddish berries [syn: spindle tree,
spindleberry, spindleberry tree] |
spindle-legged
(wn) | spindle-legged
adj 1: having long slender legs [syn: spindle-legged,
spindle-shanked] |
spindle-shanked
(wn) | spindle-shanked
adj 1: having long slender legs [syn: spindle-legged,
spindle-shanked] |
spindle-shaped
(wn) | spindle-shaped
adj 1: tapering at each end [syn: fusiform, spindle-shaped,
cigar-shaped] |
spindle-tree family
(wn) | spindle-tree family
n 1: trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-
colored fruits [syn: Celastraceae, family Celastraceae,
spindle-tree family, staff-tree family] |
spindleberry
(wn) | spindleberry
n 1: any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus
having showy usually reddish berries [syn: spindle tree,
spindleberry, spindleberry tree] |
spindleberry tree
(wn) | spindleberry tree
n 1: any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus
having showy usually reddish berries [syn: spindle tree,
spindleberry, spindleberry tree] |
spindlelegs
(wn) | spindlelegs
n 1: a thin person with long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs,
spindleshanks]
2: long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs, spindleshanks] |
spindleshanks
(wn) | spindleshanks
n 1: a thin person with long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs,
spindleshanks]
2: long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs, spindleshanks] |
winged spindle tree
(wn) | winged spindle tree
n 1: bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky
longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern
Asia to central China [syn: winged spindle tree,
Euonymous alatus] |
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