n. (Naut.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Ring spinner,
n. (Zool.) One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. & n. from Spin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spinning gland (Zool.),
Spinning house,
Spinning jenny (Mach.),
Spinning mite (Zool.),
Spinning wheel,
n.;
The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. Spiny, a. ] Thin and long; slim; slender. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]