Definition of Spinnir
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. (Zoöl.) A goatsucker; -- so
called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the
air.
4. (Zoöl.) 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.
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. (Zoöl.) A goatsucker; -- so
called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the
air.
4. (Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
- (Obsolete) Coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- (cricket) a spin bowler
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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