Spin

spin, v. t. [spun, spinning.] To draw out and twist into threads; to form (a web, etc.) by drawing a viscid exudation into threads; to draw out tediously, extend to a great length, — with out; to protract, spend by delays; to turn or cause to whirl; to twirl. (Mach.) To shape Cmetal) by revolving as in a lathe, and pre ing against it with a roller or hand-tool. — v. i. To practice spinning; to perform the act of drawing and twisting threads; to whirl, as a top or spindle; to stream or i ue in a thread Spinneret of a Spider or small current. — Spin/ner, highly magnified. n. — Spin'ner, -neret, n. An sQn, cObe, full; moon, fdot; cow, oil; organ with which spiders and some insects form their silk or webs. — Spin'ning-jen'ny, n. A machine for spinning a number of threads simultaneously. [See Jenny.] — wheel, n. A machine for spinning yam or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle. — Spin'dle, -dl, n. The long, slender rod in spinning-wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; an axis in a spinning machine to hold a bobbin; a tapering pin or shaft on which anything turns; an axis; arbor; the fusee of a watch: see FUSEE; a long, slender stalk. — v. i. [spindled (-did), -dling.] To shoot or grow in along, slender stalk or body.— Spin'-dle-legged, -legd, -shanked, -shankt, a. Having long slender legs. shanks, n. A tall, slender person, — used humorously or in contempt. — Spin's ter, -stgr, n. A woman who spins. (Law.) An unmarried woman; single woman.