Spindle
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A single dictionary entry on the spindle, taken from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It defines the spinning spindle and its types (live, dead and ring spindles), notes the ancient origin of the distaff and spindle, and gives spindle as a measure of yarn length for cotton and linen. It also covers the weaving sense, the skewer in a shuttle that holds a bobbin or cop. An engraved cross-section of a spinning spindle (Fig. 5898) accompanies the text.
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- Article
- Date
- 1876
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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