spindle
spin duhl
- n (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis - n a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- n any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- n a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- n any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- The spindle and hub were attached to a steel barrel frozen into the ice and guyed solidly.
- Chief subjects in the curriculum will be spinning, weaving, agriculture, sugar-making; chief instrument of education, the takli, a small spindle on which the student can spin .
- In the course of selling paper cups he encountered Earl Prince, who had invented a five-spindle multimixer and was buying Lily cups by the truckload.