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| Spin |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Spun (?) (Archaic imp.
Span (&?])); p. pr. *** vb. n.
Spinning.] [AS. spinnan] akin to D. *** G. spinnen,
Icel. & Sw. spinna, D |
To
draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as,
to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to
produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
To draw out tediously; to form by a slow
process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with
out; as, to spin out large volumes on a
subject.
To protract; to spend by delays; as, to
spin out the day in idleness.
To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl;
to twirl; as, to spin a top.
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the
like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent
liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of
the spider, the silkworm, etc.
To shape, as malleable sheet
metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing
against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves,
as in a lathe.
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To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to
make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to
spin; a machine or jenny spins with great
exactness.
To move round rapidly; to whirl; to
revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small
current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
To move swifty; as, to spin along
the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
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The act
of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a
bicycle.
Velocity of rotation
about some specified axis.
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