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    Spindle
    Spin'dle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spindled; present participle & verbal noun Spindling .] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportiona...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/164
    
    
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    spindle
    See: mitosis, spindle fibre. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?spindle
    
    
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    spindle
    noun a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spindle
    
    
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    spindle
    noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; `chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spindle
    
    
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    spindle
    mandril noun any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spindle
    
    
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    spindle
    (spin´dәl) a pin tapered at one end or both ends, or something with this shape. the thin, tapering figure occurring during metaphase of cell division, composed of microtubules radiating from the centrioles and connecting to the chromosomes at their centromeres. Called also mitotic spindle. .....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Spindle
    • (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. • (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. • (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. • (n.) The vertical rod...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/spindle/
    
    
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    spindle
    (from the article `respiration, human`) Changes in the length of a muscle affect the force it can produce when stimulated. Generally there is a length at which the force generated is ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/141
    
    
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    spindle
    (from the article `textile`) ...preliminary to weaving cloth from those fibres that do not have extreme length. From early times through the Middle Ages spinning was accomplished ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/141
    
    
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    Spindle
    [stationery] A spindle (or colloquially, a spike) is an upright spike used to hold papers waiting for processing. "Spindling" or "spiking" was the act of spearing a paper document onto the spike. Spindling accumulated paperwork in a way that would not permit it to be blown about by the summe...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(stationery)
    
    
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    Spindle
    [textiles] A spindle is a wooden spike (known as the shaft) used for spinning wool, flax, hemp, cotton, and other fibres into thread. It is commonly weighted at either the bottom (sometimes called a drop spindle) middle or top, most commonly by a circular or spherical object called a whorl, ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(textiles)
    
    
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    Spindle
    A slender turned and shaped column, which often swells out in the lower half and is usually used in rows such as the back of a Windsor chair.
    Found op http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_gloss3.html
    
    
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    spindle
    a traditional measure of length used for yarn. The length varied with the material; a spindle of cotton yarn, for example, was 15 120 yards (13.826 km), and a spindle of jute was 14 400 yards (13.167 km). The cotton spindle was also equal to 18 hanks.
    Found op http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html
    
    

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