spinningn.

/ˈspɪnɪŋ/

Etymology: < spin v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or operation of converting fibres into thread or yarn by hand-labour or by machinery.Frequently also in combinations, as cotton-spinning, flax-spinning.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning

spinningc1290

twisting1552

spinstry1611

lanifice1626

thrippinga1652

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 261/18 With spinningue and with seuwingue.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 401 Deceite, weping, spinning god hath yive To wommen kindely.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 74 That þei wiþ spynnynge may spare [they] spenen hit in hous-hyre.

1440 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 78 That noon..make no capez nother of meld woll nor meld garn, nother of thair awne spynnyng nor bought spon.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlix^v A woman can nat gete her lyueng honestly with spynnynge on the dystaffe.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 45^v Sowe hemp and flacks, that spinning lacks.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. vi. 28 Christ here neither blameth Sowing, Spinning, or other meer labour.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 86 A diff'rent spinning ev'ry diff'rent web Asks from your glowing fingers.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives I. 63 She was not to be employed in any labour but that of spinning.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 404 The various modes of preparing flax for the operation of spinning.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2272/2 The spinning of flax resembles the throstle-spinning of cotton.

figurative.1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I vii. 6 I shall open with a line (Although it cost me half an hour in spinning).

b. The operation of producing a thread of some viscid material.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > specific material

spinning1753

wool-spinning1821

wet spinning1864

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) By making the viscous liquor..pass through a fine perforation in the organ appointed for this spinning.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 408 The same preliminary step which the spider adopts in spinning.

c. The process or action of drawing into a thread; spec. the process of forming a man-made fibre by drawing or extruding a melt or viscous solution of a polymer through a spinneret; dry spinning, melt spinning, wet spinning: (see quots. 1974¹, 1974², 1974³).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of man-made thread

spinning1883

melt-spinning1940

1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 165/2 Spinning.—Proficiency in this requires much practice... Dip a tablespoon in the sugar [etc.].

1896 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 30 May 317/2 The production of a lustrous thread of cellulose in continuous length, by the process of drawing or ‘spinning’ is..an accomplished fact.

1910 A. F. Barker Textiles iii. 59 Vanduara silk is obtained by using gelatine as a basis, the threads, after spinning, being treated with formaldehyde to render them insoluble in water.

1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artif. Silk 23 Spinning with the aid of water..has been replaced by a system of dry spinning.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses v. 37 Coagulation may be effected in warm air by so called ‘dry-spinning’, when the solvents can be vaporized by such air.

1927 M. H. Avram Rayon Industry 185 The pressing of this viscose mass in continuous filaments through a fine aperture is commonly known as spinning.

1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 75 With the introduction of nylon an entirely new method of fibre spinning was established—so-called melt-spinning in which the polymer..is melted in a novel device above the spinneret so that it can..be extruded through the multi-holed spinneret into cold air.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In wet spinning, the solution of fibre-forming material is extruded into a coagulating bath that causes the jets to harden.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In dry spinning the fibre-forming substance is dissolved in a solvent before the solution is extruded. As the jets of solution emerge from the spinneret, a stream of hot air causes the solvent to evaporate from the spinning solution, leaving solid filaments.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In melt spinning the fibre-forming material is melted and extruded through spinnerets, and the jets harden into solid filaments as they cool on emerging from the spinneret.

2. The product of this operation; the thread or yarn spun.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun

spun-yarn1376

spinning?c1510

spinstry1611

filament1791

twist1805

spun1869

spin1884

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. E Of that same spynnyng we make our clotynge.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4850/3 30 Pound weight of Legois Spinnings.

1887 Daily News 5 Nov. 2/5 In higher numbers and best spinnings there is a moderate amount of business.

1892 Daily News 3 Aug. 2/6 Most spinnings were quoted at a slight advance.

3. The action of protracting or drawing out to undue length; an instance of this.

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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging

continuancec1374

prorogationc1400

prolongation?a1425

training1440

lengthingc1480

enlonging1509

prolonging1528

protraction1535

protract of time1536

productionc1540

trait1545

lengthening1574

continuation1587

prolongment1593

conserving1610

extensiona1631

wire-drawing1640

continuing1643

spinning1644

permansion1646

1644 D. P. P. (title) The Six Secondary Causes of the Spinning out of this Unnaturall Warre.

1736 H. Fielding Pasquin iv. 47 The practical Rules of Writing,..the first and greatest of which is Protraction, or the Art of Spinning.

1781 J. Wesley in H. Brooke Hist. Henry Earl of Moreland I. Pref. p. iii I was indeed a little disgusted with the spinning out of the story.

1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 268 The injudicious spinnings out of a shorter primitive text.

a. The action of turning or whirling round; rapid revolution.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > spinning

turbination1665

spinning1824

1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 175 To prevent a counteraction to the spinning of the minnow.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 278 Unscientifically formed projectiles..have to receive a counteracting agency in the shape of additional spinning.

1866 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (1868) v. 184 In consequence of its spinning, the inclination of CP to CQ does not sensibly alter.

b. Of a motor clutch: the fault of continuing to revolve after being disengaged.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > transmission > clutch > slipping or spinning of

slip1902

spinning1913

spin1919

1913 W. E. Dommett Motor Car Mech. 125 The clutch shaft has a coned brake which prevents ‘spinning’ when gear changing.

1918 A. L. Dyke Automobile & Gasoline Engine Encycl. (ed. 7) 662/1 Clutch spinning is often due to excessive friction in the spring thrust bearing.

1948 A. W. Judge Mod. Motor Engineer (ed. 4) II. 305 In some cases the use of a thicker lubricant in the gear-box will prevent clutch spinning.

c. Aeronautics. The action of an aircraft when in a spin (spin n.¹ 2d). Also spinning dive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > spin

spin1915

spinning1915

tailspin1916

flat spin1917

vrille1918

1915 Aeroplane 10 Nov. 578/2 It is always possible to avoid spinning or side-slipping in fog or cloud.

1919 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (Royal Aeronaut. Soc.) 52 Spinning Dive.

1930 G. L. P. Henderson Pract. Flying 171 Spinning is the result of the excessive abuse of the controls.

1930 Nayler & Ower Aviation To-day 324 Spinning..was first started in the War as a means to bewilder, or escape from, the enemy.

1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 11/4 The Phantom pilots go up with an instructor for a twice-yearly check-out in the trials and tribulations of spinning.

5. The action of angling with a spinning bait.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > angling > using other methods

drabble1799

sinking and drawing1838

spinning1855

skittering1883

1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 20 There is good spinning with a brass minnow round the angles of the rocks.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 254/1 Spinning for perch is practised as follows.

1870 H. C. Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler 123 In all sorts of spinning..a good breeze is usually an advantage.

6. The operation of shaping metallic substances by means of a turning-lathe. Also concrete.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > machining

milling1613

spinning1857

profiling1888

drilling1894

jig-boring1932

spark machining1954

spark erosion1955

1857 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (1859) 188 Sheet metal prepared for the process of ‘spinning’.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 840/1 Spinning, a mode of forming silver and other ductile metal into shapes.

1927 Daily Tel. 11 May 18/6 To place orders for general metal spinnings.

1964 H. Hodges Artifacts iv. 74 The method of shaping bronze vessels known as spinning is virtually a mechanical form of raising.

1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. iv. 86 Spinning has certain similarities to panel-beating.

Compounds

C1. (In sense 1.)

a. Miscellaneous, as spinning-mistress, spinning -process, spinning-time, spinning-work.

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1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. 2 The women..vse euery yeere to shew publikely their spinning work.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 159 Send for a Spinning Mistriss out of Germany, to..govern the little Maids, and instruct them in the Art of Spinning.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 37 The top Leaves..being most proper to feed the Worms towards their Spinning time.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 14 The carding, drawing, roving, and spinning processes of a cotton-mill.

1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 9/4 The spinning end of the trade has been characterised by a fair amount of briskness.

(a) In terms denoting appliances or machinery, or parts of these, employed in spinning.

spinning-engine n.

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1678 Brit. Patent 202 1 A new Spining Engin whereby Six to an hundred Spinners and vpwards may be imployed by the Strength of one or two Persons.

spinning-frame n.

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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 387 The cotton..is carried to the spinning-frame.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 337/2 The transition from Arkwright's spinning-frame..to the throstle-frame was easy enough.

spinning-graith n.

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1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 156 Then Meg took up her spinnin-graith, And flang them a' out o'er the burn.

spinning-hook n.

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1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 80 Spinning hooks are drove into the Rails for the Ropemakers to hang their threads on, as they spin them.

spinning-machine n.

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1791 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) V. 488/1 The rapid operations of the new spinning machines.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 43/1 Paul's spinning-machine patent..is dated 1738.

1899 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 8 Dec. 63/2 The filtering is to eliminate every particle of suspended matter which may exist in the collodion before it arrives at the spinning machines.

1975 J. Kasparek in E. Dyson Rotor Spinning x. 161 (heading) Processing of man-made staple fibres on the..rotor spinning machine.

spinning-machinery n.

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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xviii. 446 It is not meant..to condemn the introduction of spinning-machinery.

spinning-mill n.

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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 273 The machine for twisting the single threads of silk..is called the spinning-mill.

spinning-mule n.

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1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. i. 18 Crompton, of Bolton, who invented the ‘spinning-mule’.

spinning nozzle n.

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1914 Chem. Abstr. 8 258 A process and device for perforating and cleaning the capillary tube of spinning nozzles for artificial silk manufacture.

1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artificial Silk xix. 192 The spinning nozzles or spinnerets, from which separate threads..issue.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 31 The viscous solution is forced to the spinning-room, first passing through a filter and then through the multiple jets of the spinning nozzle.

1931 S. E. Trotman & E. R. Trotman Artificial Silks 49 The spinning nozzle consists of a head or rose containing a number of capillary apertures through which the spinning solution enters the coagulating bath or evaporating chamber.

spinning plate n.

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1904 W. T. Brannt tr. J. Bersh Cellulose xi. 250 In this spinning-plate are fixed a large number of extremely narrow glass tubes.

spinning-quill n.

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a1693 Urquhart's Rabelais (1737) III. iii. xxviii. 395 Wouldst thou..slander the spinning-quills..of the weird sisters, Parcæ.

spinning-turn n.

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1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 337 As the Spill of a Spinning-Turn is moved.

spinning-weight n.

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1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times v. 163 Earthenware spinning-weights.

spinning-whorl n.

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1895 A. C. Haddon Evol. Art 177 These patterns are delineated on masks, posts, spinning-whorls, and other objects.

(b) Also in terms denoting substances that are spun to form man-made fibres.

spinning dope n.

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1959 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 5/3 There has been an expansion in the production of man-made fibres, already coloured during their spinning by the addition of pigments to the spinning dope.

spinning solution n.

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1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artificial Silk vi. 40 When the solution of the cotton is complete, the spinning solution begins to decompose, unless it is kept at a low temperature.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk 34 The viscous spinning solution.

1973 O. Steinerová tr. B. Piller Bulked Yarns xi. 434 The latter [sc. viscose staple fibres] were made dyeable by acid wool dyes due to addition of protein particles to the spinning solution.

spinning syrup n.

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1973 Materials & Technol. VI. iv. 290 The spinning syrup has to be extruded through very tiny holes in the spinneret.

c. In terms denoting places where spinning is carried on.

spinning-factory n.

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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 351 At the elegant spinning-factory of Egerton, near Bolton.

spinning-floor n.

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1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 164 Finally it reaches the spinning-floor.

spinning gallery n.

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1956 R. W. McDowell in W. A. Singleton Stud. Archit. History II. 133 Reference must be made to the ‘spinning galleries’..an attractive feature of some....Lakeland villages.

1976 G. Moffat Short Time to Live xi. 115 ‘What's brought you to Sandale?’.. ‘Vernacular architecture, sir... Interiors too: spice cupboards, stone stairways, spinning galleries.’

spinning-ground n.

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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 419 There are two railways..fixed along the spinning-ground or rope-walk.

spinning-mill n.

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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 334 The better wages and steadier employment of their great spinning-mills.

1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artif. Silk 49 The Spinning Mill.

spinning-place n.

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1689 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 312 A spinning place at y^e entrance into y^e town field.

1692 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 312 A spinning place..for making cables.

spinning room n.

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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 400 That the spinning-rooms in a cotton factory can be crowded is utterly impossible.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 31 The viscous solution is forced to the spinning-room, first passing through a filter and then through the multiple jets of the spinning nozzle.

spinning school n.

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1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 47 After a young Maid hath been three years in the Spinning School..she will get eight pence the day.

1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 441 I made many inquiries concerning the present state of the spinning schools.

d. In terms relating to the spinneret of spiders, etc., as spinning gland, spinning organ, spinning-tube, spinning tubuli, spinning-wart.

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1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvi. 317 At the base of the external spinning tubuli.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 250 The spinning glands of Spiders are further differentiations of dermal glands.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 291 In others this pair of stigmata is fused, and lies in front of the spinning-warts.

1885 H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 136 The spinning-tubes at the end of the abdomen.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 130 The spinning organs of various kinds of spiders.

C2.

spinning magnetometer n. = spinner magnetometer n. at spinner n. Compounds.

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1960 Archaeometry III. 47 The great advantage that a spinning magnetometer has over the astatic type is that it can be used in a normal laboratory in the presence of a relatively large amount of local magnetic interference.

1963 R. M. Cook in Brothwell & Briggs Science in Archaeol. i. v. 64 In the spinning magnetometer the sample is rotated continuously to produce an alternating current.

spinning-rod n. (see spin v. 10.)

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > types of rod

pole1577

telescope pole1675

fly-rod1684

dopper1688

whipper1688

bag-rod1787

telescope rod1820

salmon rod1841

greenheart1869

spinning-rod1870

loop-rod1885

roach pole1892

trunk-rod1893

sea-rod1902

1870 H. C. Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler 52 A trolling and spinning rod of about the stiffness I find preferable.

spinning-tackle n. (see spin v. 10.)

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun] > kind of

prick-tackle1463

ledger-tackle1653

fly-tackle1834

otter1834

bait-tackle1835

paternoster tackle1852

spinning-tackle1856

otter-line1862

traveller1864

skate1882

sea-ledger1887

otter1898

otter-board1901

ripper1925

salmon tackle-

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 263/2 The Spinning-Tackle for salmon.

spinning-top n. = top n.² 1.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun]

top13..

spilquernc1375

prill1440

spilcockc1440

whirligigc1440

nun1585

nun-gig1615

Roaring Meg1632

totum1706

teetotum1720

spinner1799

spinning-top1821

jenny-spinner1824

diabolo1905

dreidel1916

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 5 The spinning-top whirl'd from the twitching string.

1862 E. Johnston Gifts & Graces xviii. 177 Many..a spinning-top, or popgun, had reached him from the hand of the kind squire.

1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §106 It is the case of a common spinning-top (peery), spinning on a very fine point.

spinning tunnel n. a wind tunnel with a vertical air flow for testing the behaviour of model aircraft in simulated spins; also free-spinning tunnel.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > fluid dynamics > [noun] > aerodynamics > wind tunnels

air tunnel1805

tunnel1911

wind tunnel1911

wind-channel1918

smoke tunnel1931

spinning tunnel1934

hotshot1957

1934 Rep. & Mem. Aeronaut. Res. Committee No. 1578. 2 Tests in the Free Spinning Tunnel were accordingly projected as a check upon the validity of the results which could be obtained with small dynamical models.

1934 Rep. & Mem. Aeronaut. Res. Committee No. 1578. 12 In the spinning tunnel the models are usually about 1/25 scale, and thus the rate of rotation is about five times that of the full scale spin.

1937 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Committee 1936 I. 452 The R.A.E. Free Spinning Tunnel was brought into use in 1932 to examine the spinning properties of various existing and projected designs of aeroplanes.

1939 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Committee 1937 I. 552 The effect of mass distribution has been explored as a matter of routine on all designs tested in the spinning tunnel.

1947 A. Pope Wind-tunnel Testing i. 10 The NACA has two free-spinning tunnels, one 15 ft in diameter, the other 20 ft.

Draft additions September 2003

Originally U.S. a proprietary name for: an intense form of aerobic exercise involving riding a stationary bicycle at a constantly varying pace set by an instructor; also: participation in this activity, usually as part of a group session, often accompanied by music.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific systems

callisthenics1827

Swedish gymnastics1890

monkey drill1895

Swedish movements1899

Swedish exercises1912

Swedish drill1916

sexercise1942

jogging1948

isometrics1962

dancercise1967

slimnastics1967

aerobics1968

aquacise1968

survival1972

popmobility1974

plyometrics1975

Jazzercise1976

Pilates1981

Callanetics1984

boxercise1985

step aerobics1985

survivalism1985

box aerobics1987

cardio1987

step1989

spinning1994

1994 U.S. News & World Rep. 16 May 86/1 Spinning—or RPM, as it is sometimes called—is done on a sleek stationary cycle that is modeled after a real racing bike, usually to throbbing dance music.

1997 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. b4/3 In one script, Ellen joins one of the new ‘spinning’ exercise class [sic] and discovers she is attracted to the instructor.

2001 Elle June 34/1 I was taking a spinning class at my gym recently, and the instructor kept yelling things at us like ‘You've got to work harder to get the body you want!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spinning
释义	spinningn. /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ Etymology: < spin v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action or operation of converting fibres into thread or yarn by hand-labour or by machinery.Frequently also in combinations, as cotton-spinning, flax-spinning. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning spinningc1290 twisting1552 spinstry1611 lanifice1626 thrippinga1652 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 261/18 With spinningue and with seuwingue. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 401 Deceite, weping, spinning god hath yive To wommen kindely. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 74 That þei wiþ spynnynge may spare [they] spenen hit in hous-hyre. 1440 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 78 That noon..make no capez nother of meld woll nor meld garn, nother of thair awne spynnyng nor bought spon. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlix^v A woman can nat gete her lyueng honestly with spynnynge on the dystaffe. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 45^v Sowe hemp and flacks, that spinning lacks. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. vi. 28 Christ here neither blameth Sowing, Spinning, or other meer labour. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 86 A diff'rent spinning ev'ry diff'rent web Asks from your glowing fingers. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives I. 63 She was not to be employed in any labour but that of spinning. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 404 The various modes of preparing flax for the operation of spinning. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2272/2 The spinning of flax resembles the throstle-spinning of cotton. figurative.1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I vii. 6 I shall open with a line (Although it cost me half an hour in spinning). b. The operation of producing a thread of some viscid material. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > specific material spinning1753 wool-spinning1821 wet spinning1864 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) By making the viscous liquor..pass through a fine perforation in the organ appointed for this spinning. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 408 The same preliminary step which the spider adopts in spinning. c. The process or action of drawing into a thread; spec. the process of forming a man-made fibre by drawing or extruding a melt or viscous solution of a polymer through a spinneret; dry spinning, melt spinning, wet spinning: (see quots. 1974¹, 1974², 1974³). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of man-made thread spinning1883 melt-spinning1940 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 165/2 Spinning.—Proficiency in this requires much practice... Dip a tablespoon in the sugar [etc.]. 1896 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 30 May 317/2 The production of a lustrous thread of cellulose in continuous length, by the process of drawing or ‘spinning’ is..an accomplished fact. 1910 A. F. Barker Textiles iii. 59 Vanduara silk is obtained by using gelatine as a basis, the threads, after spinning, being treated with formaldehyde to render them insoluble in water. 1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artif. Silk 23 Spinning with the aid of water..has been replaced by a system of dry spinning. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses v. 37 Coagulation may be effected in warm air by so called ‘dry-spinning’, when the solvents can be vaporized by such air. 1927 M. H. Avram Rayon Industry 185 The pressing of this viscose mass in continuous filaments through a fine aperture is commonly known as spinning. 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 75 With the introduction of nylon an entirely new method of fibre spinning was established—so-called melt-spinning in which the polymer..is melted in a novel device above the spinneret so that it can..be extruded through the multi-holed spinneret into cold air. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In wet spinning, the solution of fibre-forming material is extruded into a coagulating bath that causes the jets to harden. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In dry spinning the fibre-forming substance is dissolved in a solvent before the solution is extruded. As the jets of solution emerge from the spinneret, a stream of hot air causes the solvent to evaporate from the spinning solution, leaving solid filaments. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 258/2 In melt spinning the fibre-forming material is melted and extruded through spinnerets, and the jets harden into solid filaments as they cool on emerging from the spinneret. 2. The product of this operation; the thread or yarn spun. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun spun-yarn1376 spinning?c1510 spinstry1611 filament1791 twist1805 spun1869 spin1884 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. E Of that same spynnyng we make our clotynge. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4850/3 30 Pound weight of Legois Spinnings. 1887 Daily News 5 Nov. 2/5 In higher numbers and best spinnings there is a moderate amount of business. 1892 Daily News 3 Aug. 2/6 Most spinnings were quoted at a slight advance. 3. The action of protracting or drawing out to undue length; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging continuancec1374 prorogationc1400 prolongation?a1425 training1440 lengthingc1480 enlonging1509 prolonging1528 protraction1535 protract of time1536 productionc1540 trait1545 lengthening1574 continuation1587 prolongment1593 conserving1610 extensiona1631 wire-drawing1640 continuing1643 spinning1644 permansion1646 1644 D. P. P. (title) The Six Secondary Causes of the Spinning out of this Unnaturall Warre. 1736 H. Fielding Pasquin iv. 47 The practical Rules of Writing,..the first and greatest of which is Protraction, or the Art of Spinning. 1781 J. Wesley in H. Brooke Hist. Henry Earl of Moreland I. Pref. p. iii I was indeed a little disgusted with the spinning out of the story. 1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 268 The injudicious spinnings out of a shorter primitive text. 4. a. The action of turning or whirling round; rapid revolution. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > spinning turbination1665 spinning1824 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 175 To prevent a counteraction to the spinning of the minnow. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 278 Unscientifically formed projectiles..have to receive a counteracting agency in the shape of additional spinning. 1866 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (1868) v. 184 In consequence of its spinning, the inclination of CP to CQ does not sensibly alter. b. Of a motor clutch: the fault of continuing to revolve after being disengaged. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > transmission > clutch > slipping or spinning of slip1902 spinning1913 spin1919 1913 W. E. Dommett Motor Car Mech. 125 The clutch shaft has a coned brake which prevents ‘spinning’ when gear changing. 1918 A. L. Dyke Automobile & Gasoline Engine Encycl. (ed. 7) 662/1 Clutch spinning is often due to excessive friction in the spring thrust bearing. 1948 A. W. Judge Mod. Motor Engineer (ed. 4) II. 305 In some cases the use of a thicker lubricant in the gear-box will prevent clutch spinning. c. Aeronautics. The action of an aircraft when in a spin (spin n.¹ 2d). Also spinning dive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > spin spin1915 spinning1915 tailspin1916 flat spin1917 vrille1918 1915 Aeroplane 10 Nov. 578/2 It is always possible to avoid spinning or side-slipping in fog or cloud. 1919 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (Royal Aeronaut. Soc.) 52 Spinning Dive. 1930 G. L. P. Henderson Pract. Flying 171 Spinning is the result of the excessive abuse of the controls. 1930 Nayler & Ower Aviation To-day 324 Spinning..was first started in the War as a means to bewilder, or escape from, the enemy. 1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 11/4 The Phantom pilots go up with an instructor for a twice-yearly check-out in the trials and tribulations of spinning. 5. The action of angling with a spinning bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > angling > using other methods drabble1799 sinking and drawing1838 spinning1855 skittering1883 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 20 There is good spinning with a brass minnow round the angles of the rocks. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 254/1 Spinning for perch is practised as follows. 1870 H. C. Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler 123 In all sorts of spinning..a good breeze is usually an advantage. 6. The operation of shaping metallic substances by means of a turning-lathe. Also concrete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > machining milling1613 spinning1857 profiling1888 drilling1894 jig-boring1932 spark machining1954 spark erosion1955 1857 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (1859) 188 Sheet metal prepared for the process of ‘spinning’. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 840/1 Spinning, a mode of forming silver and other ductile metal into shapes. 1927 Daily Tel. 11 May 18/6 To place orders for general metal spinnings. 1964 H. Hodges Artifacts iv. 74 The method of shaping bronze vessels known as spinning is virtually a mechanical form of raising. 1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. iv. 86 Spinning has certain similarities to panel-beating. Compounds C1. (In sense 1.) a. Miscellaneous, as spinning-mistress, spinning -process, spinning-time, spinning-work. ΚΠ 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. 2 The women..vse euery yeere to shew publikely their spinning work. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 159 Send for a Spinning Mistriss out of Germany, to..govern the little Maids, and instruct them in the Art of Spinning. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 37 The top Leaves..being most proper to feed the Worms towards their Spinning time. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 14 The carding, drawing, roving, and spinning processes of a cotton-mill. 1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 9/4 The spinning end of the trade has been characterised by a fair amount of briskness. b. (a) In terms denoting appliances or machinery, or parts of these, employed in spinning. spinning-engine n. ΚΠ 1678 Brit. Patent 202 1 A new Spining Engin whereby Six to an hundred Spinners and vpwards may be imployed by the Strength of one or two Persons. spinning-frame n. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 387 The cotton..is carried to the spinning-frame. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 337/2 The transition from Arkwright's spinning-frame..to the throstle-frame was easy enough. spinning-graith n. ΚΠ 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 156 Then Meg took up her spinnin-graith, And flang them a' out o'er the burn. spinning-hook n. ΚΠ 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 80 Spinning hooks are drove into the Rails for the Ropemakers to hang their threads on, as they spin them. spinning-machine n. ΚΠ 1791 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) V. 488/1 The rapid operations of the new spinning machines. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 43/1 Paul's spinning-machine patent..is dated 1738. 1899 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 8 Dec. 63/2 The filtering is to eliminate every particle of suspended matter which may exist in the collodion before it arrives at the spinning machines. 1975 J. Kasparek in E. Dyson Rotor Spinning x. 161 (heading) Processing of man-made staple fibres on the..rotor spinning machine. spinning-machinery n. ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xviii. 446 It is not meant..to condemn the introduction of spinning-machinery. spinning-mill n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 273 The machine for twisting the single threads of silk..is called the spinning-mill. spinning-mule n. ΚΠ 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. i. 18 Crompton, of Bolton, who invented the ‘spinning-mule’. spinning nozzle n. ΚΠ 1914 Chem. Abstr. 8 258 A process and device for perforating and cleaning the capillary tube of spinning nozzles for artificial silk manufacture. 1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artificial Silk xix. 192 The spinning nozzles or spinnerets, from which separate threads..issue. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 31 The viscous solution is forced to the spinning-room, first passing through a filter and then through the multiple jets of the spinning nozzle. 1931 S. E. Trotman & E. R. Trotman Artificial Silks 49 The spinning nozzle consists of a head or rose containing a number of capillary apertures through which the spinning solution enters the coagulating bath or evaporating chamber. spinning plate n. ΚΠ 1904 W. T. Brannt tr. J. Bersh Cellulose xi. 250 In this spinning-plate are fixed a large number of extremely narrow glass tubes. spinning-quill n. ΚΠ a1693 Urquhart's Rabelais (1737) III. iii. xxviii. 395 Wouldst thou..slander the spinning-quills..of the weird sisters, Parcæ. spinning-turn n. ΚΠ 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 337 As the Spill of a Spinning-Turn is moved. spinning-weight n. ΚΠ 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times v. 163 Earthenware spinning-weights. spinning-whorl n. ΚΠ 1895 A. C. Haddon Evol. Art 177 These patterns are delineated on masks, posts, spinning-whorls, and other objects. (b) Also in terms denoting substances that are spun to form man-made fibres. spinning dope n. ΚΠ 1959 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 5/3 There has been an expansion in the production of man-made fibres, already coloured during their spinning by the addition of pigments to the spinning dope. spinning solution n. ΚΠ 1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artificial Silk vi. 40 When the solution of the cotton is complete, the spinning solution begins to decompose, unless it is kept at a low temperature. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk 34 The viscous spinning solution. 1931 S. E. Trotman & E. R. Trotman Artificial Silks 49 The spinning nozzle consists of a head or rose containing a number of capillary apertures through which the spinning solution enters the coagulating bath or evaporating chamber. 1973 O. Steinerová tr. B. Piller Bulked Yarns xi. 434 The latter [sc. viscose staple fibres] were made dyeable by acid wool dyes due to addition of protein particles to the spinning solution. spinning syrup n. ΚΠ 1973 Materials & Technol. VI. iv. 290 The spinning syrup has to be extruded through very tiny holes in the spinneret. c. In terms denoting places where spinning is carried on. spinning-factory n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 351 At the elegant spinning-factory of Egerton, near Bolton. spinning-floor n. ΚΠ 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 164 Finally it reaches the spinning-floor. spinning gallery n. ΚΠ 1956 R. W. McDowell in W. A. Singleton Stud. Archit. History II. 133 Reference must be made to the ‘spinning galleries’..an attractive feature of some....Lakeland villages. 1976 G. Moffat Short Time to Live xi. 115 ‘What's brought you to Sandale?’.. ‘Vernacular architecture, sir... Interiors too: spice cupboards, stone stairways, spinning galleries.’ spinning-ground n. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 419 There are two railways..fixed along the spinning-ground or rope-walk. spinning-mill n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 334 The better wages and steadier employment of their great spinning-mills. 1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artif. Silk 49 The Spinning Mill. spinning-place n. ΚΠ 1689 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 312 A spinning place at y^e entrance into y^e town field. 1692 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 312 A spinning place..for making cables. spinning room n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 400 That the spinning-rooms in a cotton factory can be crowded is utterly impossible. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artif. Silk 31 The viscous solution is forced to the spinning-room, first passing through a filter and then through the multiple jets of the spinning nozzle. spinning school n. ΚΠ 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 47 After a young Maid hath been three years in the Spinning School..she will get eight pence the day. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 441 I made many inquiries concerning the present state of the spinning schools. d. In terms relating to the spinneret of spiders, etc., as spinning gland, spinning organ, spinning-tube, spinning tubuli, spinning-wart. ΚΠ 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvi. 317 At the base of the external spinning tubuli. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 250 The spinning glands of Spiders are further differentiations of dermal glands. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 291 In others this pair of stigmata is fused, and lies in front of the spinning-warts. 1885 H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 136 The spinning-tubes at the end of the abdomen. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 130 The spinning organs of various kinds of spiders. C2. spinning magnetometer n. = spinner magnetometer n. at spinner n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1960 Archaeometry III. 47 The great advantage that a spinning magnetometer has over the astatic type is that it can be used in a normal laboratory in the presence of a relatively large amount of local magnetic interference. 1963 R. M. Cook in Brothwell & Briggs Science in Archaeol. i. v. 64 In the spinning magnetometer the sample is rotated continuously to produce an alternating current. spinning-rod n. (see spin v. 10.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > types of rod pole1577 telescope pole1675 fly-rod1684 dopper1688 whipper1688 bag-rod1787 telescope rod1820 salmon rod1841 greenheart1869 spinning-rod1870 loop-rod1885 roach pole1892 trunk-rod1893 sea-rod1902 1870 H. C. Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler 52 A trolling and spinning rod of about the stiffness I find preferable. spinning-tackle n. (see spin v. 10.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun] > kind of prick-tackle1463 ledger-tackle1653 fly-tackle1834 otter1834 bait-tackle1835 paternoster tackle1852 spinning-tackle1856 otter-line1862 traveller1864 skate1882 sea-ledger1887 otter1898 otter-board1901 ripper1925 salmon tackle- 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 263/2 The Spinning-Tackle for salmon. spinning-top n. = top n.² 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] top13.. spilquernc1375 prill1440 spilcockc1440 whirligigc1440 nun1585 nun-gig1615 Roaring Meg1632 totum1706 teetotum1720 spinner1799 spinning-top1821 jenny-spinner1824 diabolo1905 dreidel1916 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 5 The spinning-top whirl'd from the twitching string. 1862 E. Johnston Gifts & Graces xviii. 177 Many..a spinning-top, or popgun, had reached him from the hand of the kind squire. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §106 It is the case of a common spinning-top (peery), spinning on a very fine point. spinning tunnel n. a wind tunnel with a vertical air flow for testing the behaviour of model aircraft in simulated spins; also free-spinning tunnel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > fluid dynamics > [noun] > aerodynamics > wind tunnels air tunnel1805 tunnel1911 wind tunnel1911 wind-channel1918 smoke tunnel1931 spinning tunnel1934 hotshot1957 1934 Rep. & Mem. Aeronaut. Res. Committee No. 1578. 2 Tests in the Free Spinning Tunnel were accordingly projected as a check upon the validity of the results which could be obtained with small dynamical models. 1934 Rep. & Mem. Aeronaut. Res. Committee No. 1578. 12 In the spinning tunnel the models are usually about 1/25 scale, and thus the rate of rotation is about five times that of the full scale spin. 1937 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Committee 1936 I. 452 The R.A.E. Free Spinning Tunnel was brought into use in 1932 to examine the spinning properties of various existing and projected designs of aeroplanes. 1939 Technical Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Committee 1937 I. 552 The effect of mass distribution has been explored as a matter of routine on all designs tested in the spinning tunnel. 1947 A. Pope Wind-tunnel Testing i. 10 The NACA has two free-spinning tunnels, one 15 ft in diameter, the other 20 ft. Draft additions September 2003 Originally U.S. a proprietary name for: an intense form of aerobic exercise involving riding a stationary bicycle at a constantly varying pace set by an instructor; also: participation in this activity, usually as part of a group session, often accompanied by music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific systems callisthenics1827 Swedish gymnastics1890 monkey drill1895 Swedish movements1899 Swedish exercises1912 Swedish drill1916 sexercise1942 jogging1948 isometrics1962 dancercise1967 slimnastics1967 aerobics1968 aquacise1968 survival1972 popmobility1974 plyometrics1975 Jazzercise1976 Pilates1981 Callanetics1984 boxercise1985 step aerobics1985 survivalism1985 box aerobics1987 cardio1987 step1989 spinning1994 1994 U.S. News & World Rep. 16 May 86/1 Spinning—or RPM, as it is sometimes called—is done on a sleek stationary cycle that is modeled after a real racing bike, usually to throbbing dance music. 1997 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. b4/3 In one script, Ellen joins one of the new ‘spinning’ exercise class [sic] and discovers she is attracted to the instructor. 2001 Elle June 34/1 I was taking a spinning class at my gym recently, and the instructor kept yelling things at us like ‘You've got to work harder to get the body you want!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spinningadj. Etymology: < spin v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspinning. 1. That spins or produces thread. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > that spins spinning1637 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [adjective] > spinning spinning1637 open-end1972 1637 J. Milton Comus 25 Millions of spinning worms, That..weave the smooth-hair'd silk. 1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Spinster, a Spinning-woman. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 681/1 You May, like Arachne, dare to vie, With any spinning Deity. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 460 The second section of the sedentary and rectigrade Spiders—that of the Inequitelæ or Spinning Spiders. 1891 Cent. Dict. Spinning-mite, any mite or acarid of the family Tetraonychidæ; a red-spider. 2. That spouts or gushes. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [adjective] > being emitted spinning1577 spouted1717 outwelling1736 outpouring1808 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > suddenly or violently > in a jet spinning1577 spouty1677 squirting1693 jetting1826 squizzling1872 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 143 It easeth straight the flaming feuers payne, If in the foote you strike the spinning vayne. 3. That revolves, gyrates, or turns round. spinning reserve (Electrical Engineering), reserve power-generating capacity which is available to meet sudden increases in load. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > spinning turbinated1665 spinning1854 top-like1895 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > amount processed > extra capacity spinning reserve1932 1854 E. de Warren tr. L. F. J. De Saulcy Journey Dead Sea II. 273 A spinning dervise usually resides in the Grotto of Jeremiah. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 30 The chub..will run equally at a spinning-bait, or a live minnow. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air Pref. p. vii A newly-constructed artificial rockery, with a fountain twisted through a spinning spout. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 56 Artificial Spinning Baits, Flies and Insects. 1932 Rep. Proposed Amer. Stand. Defs. Electr. Terms (Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers) 62/2 Spinning reserve is that reserve generating capacity connected to the bus and ready to take load. 1974 Times 21 Jan. 15/6 These ‘spinning reserves’ are carried on plant which is generating power, but not fully loaded. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) i. i. 5 GSP & L's last spinning reserve had been brought to full load. in extended use.1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 35 Spinning bowling is always liable to turn in or to break away contrary to all expectation. 4. colloquial. Rapid, fast. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 1882 Society 16 Dec. 4/2 The Cambridgeshire enjoyed a spinning run. Derivatives ˈspinningly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adverb] > in a spinning manner teetotumwise1881 top-wise1900 spinningly1923 1923 Daily Mail 19 May 6 The ball is cracked spinningly through the gap between point and third man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.c1290adj.1577
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