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spinner |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spinner \Spin"ner\, n. 1. One who or that which spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. ``Long-legged spinners.'' --Shak. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A spinneret. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spinner n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: {spinster}, {thread maker}] 2: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
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