n. [ Spin + -ster. ]
She spake to spinster to spin it out. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who spins. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The business of one who spins; spinning. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]