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1. Informal a spin doctor 2. Cricket a. a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion b. a bowler who specializes in bowling such balls 3. a streamlined fairing that fits over and revolves with the hub of an aircraft propeller 4. a fishing lure with a fin or wing that revolves when drawn through the water 5. an angler's name for the mature adult form (imago) of various flies, especially the mayflies spinner [′spin·ər] (engineering) Automatically rotatable radar antenna, together with directly associated equipment. Part of a mechanical scanner which rotates about an axis, generally restricted to cases where the speed of rotation is relatively high. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | It seemed as if, first in her own fire within the house, and then in the fiery haze without, she tried to discover what kind of woof Old Time, that greatest and longest- established Spinner of all, would weave from the threads he had already spun into a woman. Tom tried him off his own ground once or twice, but found he knew nothing beyond, and so let him have his head, and the rest of the road bowled easily away; for old Blow-hard (as the boys called him) was a dry old file, with much kindness and humour, and a capital spinner of a yarn when he had broken the neck of his day's work, and got plenty of ale under his belt. When disturbed, it acts differently according to circumstances: if there is a thicket below, it suddenly falls down; and I have distinctly seen the thread from the spinners lengthened by the animal while yet stationary, as preparatory to its fall. |
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