spinning

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPIN'NING, participle present tense Drawing out and twisting into threads; drawing out; delaying. SPIN'NING, noun 1. The act, practice or art of drawing out and twisting into threads, as wool, flax and cotton. 2. The act or practice of forming webs, as spiders.
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