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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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