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spindel

spindel noun: certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

Noun

spindel

  1. Certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
    • I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it...1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.
  2. The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres.
    • I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it...1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.

Questions about spindel

What does spindel mean?
Spindel means certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
What part of speech is spindel?
Spindel is a noun.

Words near spindel in the dictionary

  1. spincoated
  2. spincoating
  3. spincoats
  4. spindalis
  5. spindalises
  6. spindel
  7. spindeloid
  8. spindizzies
  9. spindizzy
  10. spindle
  11. spindle cell

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