Spinner: alternatives and connections

A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinste…

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its len…

The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or anoth…

A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.

The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course…

The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.