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Spilliard fishing
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A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
Spillikin
n.
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See Spilikin.
Spillway
n.
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A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
Spilt
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imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.
Spilter
n.
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Any one of the small branches on a stag's head.
Spilth
n.
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Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.
Spun
imp. & p. p.
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of Spin
Span
imp.
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of Spin
Spinning
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Spin
Spin
v. t.
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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.
Spin
v. t.
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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.
Spin
v. t.
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To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
Spin
v. t.
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To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
Spin
v. t.
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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.
Spin
v. t.
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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.
Spin
v. i.
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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.
Spin
v. i.
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To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
Spin
v. i.
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To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
Spin
v. i.
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To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Spin
n.
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The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
Spin
n.
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Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
Spina bifida
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A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.
Spinaceous
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.
Spinach
n.
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Alt. of Spinage
Spinage
n.
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A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
Spinal
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.
Spinal
a.
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Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.
Spinate
a.
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Bearing a spine; spiniform.
Spindle
n.
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The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
Spindle
n.
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A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.