Spinning /(?)/
Spin·ning
Spinning
a. & n.
- a. & n. from Spin.
Phrases & Compounds
- Spinning gland
- one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvae.
- Spinning house
- formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.
- Spinning jenny
- an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously.
- Spinning mite
- the red spider.
- Spinning wheel
- a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.