SPIN'DLE, a. See Spin.
1. The pin used in spinning wheels for twisting the thread, and on which the thread when twisted, is wound.
2. A slender pointed rod or pin on which any thing turn as the spindle of a vane.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long slender stalk.
5. The lower end of a capstan, shod with iron the pivot.
SPIN'DLE, To shoot or grow in a long slender stalk or body.
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