spindle

1. n. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. Source: opted

2. n. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Source: opted

3. n. The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. Source: opted

4. n. The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. Source: opted

5. n. A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. Source: opted

6. n. The fusee of a watch. Source: opted

7. n. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. Source: opted

8. n. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. Source: opted

9. n. A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. Source: opted

10. n. Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb. Source: opted

11. n. Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus. Source: opted

12. v. i. To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. Source: opted

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