SPIN'DLE, adjective [See Spin.] 1. The pin used in spinning wheels for twisting the thread, and on which the thread when twisted, is wound. 2. A slender pointed rod or pin on which any thing turn; as the spindle of a vane. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long slender stalk. 5. The lower end of a capstan, shod with iron; the pivot. SPIN'DLE, verb intransitive To shoot or grow in a long slender stalk or body.
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