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Webster 1913 Edition
Spinner
Spin′ner
(spĭn′nẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
2.
A spider.
“Long-legged spinners.” Shak.
3.
(Zool.)
A goatsucker; – so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
4.
(Zool.)
A spinneret.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spinner
SPIN'NER
, n.1.
One that spins; one skilled in spinning.2.
A spider.