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Spindle
v. i.
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To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
Spindle-legged
a.
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Having long, slender legs.
Spindlelegs
n.
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A spindleshanks.
Spindle-shanked
a.
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Having long, slender legs.
Spindleshanks
n.
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A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Spindle-shaped
a.
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Having the shape of a spindle.
Spindle-shaped
a.
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Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
Spindletail
n.
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The pintail duck.
Spindleworm
n.
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The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
Spindling
a.
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Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.
Spine
n.
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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
Spine
n.
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A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
Spine
n.
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One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Spine
n.
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The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
Spine
n.
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Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Spineback
n.
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A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
Spinebill
n.
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Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.
Spined
a.
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Furnished with spines; spiny.
Spine-finned
a.
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Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
Spinel
n.
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Alt. of Spinelle
Spinelle
n.
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A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
Spinel
n.
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Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Spineless
a.
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Having no spine.
Spinescent
a.
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Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.
Spinet
n.
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A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
Spinet
n.
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A spinny.
Spinetail
n.
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Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
Spinetail
n.
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Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.
Spinetail
n.
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The ruddy duck.
Spine-tailed
a.
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Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.