Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spindle
Spindle
spindle
n. & v. --n. 1 a a pin in a spinning-wheel used for twisting and winding the thread. b a small bar with tapered ends used for the same purpose in hand-spinning. c a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning-machine. 2 a pin or axis that revolves or on which something revolves. 3 a turned piece of wood used as a banister, chair leg, etc. 4 Biol. a spindle-shaped mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides. 5 a varying measure of length for yarn. 6 a slender person or thing. --v.intr. have, or grow into, a long slender form. Phrases and idioms spindle berry the fruit of the spindle tree. spindle-shanked having long thin legs. spindle-shanks a person with such legs. spindle-shaped having a circular cross-section and tapering towards each end. spindle side = distaff side. spindle tree any shrub or small tree of the genus Euonymus, esp. E. europaeus with greenish-white flowers, pink or red berries, and hard wood used for spindles. Etymology: OE spinel (as SPIN)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English spindel, from Old English spinel; akin to Old English spinnan to spin Date: 12th century 1. a round stick with tapered ends used to form and twist the yarn in hand spinning, the long slender pin by which the thread is twisted in a spinning wheel, any of various rods or pins holding a bobbin in a textile machine (as a spinning frame), the pin in a loom shuttle, a device usually consisting of a long upright pin in a base on which papers can be stuck for filing, something shaped like a ~: as, a ~-shaped network of chiefly microtubular fibers along which the chromosomes are distributed during mitosis and meiosis, muscle ~, 3. the bar or shaft usually of square section that carries the knobs and actuates the latch or bolt of a lock, b. a turned often decorative piece (as in a baluster), newel, c. a revolving piece especially when thinner than a shaft, a horizontal or vertical axle revolving on pin or pivot ends, the part of an axle on which a vehicle wheel turns, II. verb (~d; spindling) Date: 1577 intransitive verb to shoot or grow into a long slender stalk, to grow to stalk or stem rather than to flower or fruit, transitive verb to impale, thrust, or perforate on the spike of a ~ file, to make or equip (as a piece of furniture) with ~s, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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