01 n. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
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1.
One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
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2.
A spider.
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3.
A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.(Zool.)
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4.
A spinneret.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Ring spinner —
a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.