| Reel (reel) |
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| n. | (r?l) |
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| Reel |
| [Gael. righil.] |
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to
the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
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A
frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on
which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log
reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden
reel.
A machine on which yarn is wound and
measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four
inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
A device consisting of
radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting
machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the
knives.
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To roll.
To wind upon a reel, as yarn or
thread.
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To incline, in walking, from
one side to the other] to stagger.
To have a whirling sensation; to be
giddy.
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The act or motion of
reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.
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