Spinner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a
        spinning machine.
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     2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak.


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     3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise
        it makes when darting through the air.
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     4. (Zool.) A spinneret.
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     {Ring spinner}, a machine for spinning, in which the twist,
        given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by
        the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring
        encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spinner
       n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: {spinster},
             {thread maker}]
       2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow
          that is spun to determine the next move in the game
       3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "spinner":
     bait, birdlime, bola, cobweb, dragnet, fishhook, fly, gill net,
     ground bait, hook, jenny, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, meshes,
     mule, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, seine, silkworm,
     snare, sniggle, spider, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinster,
     springe, squid, throstle, toils, trawl, wobbler