Spindle
Bible Usage:
- spindle used once.
- Bible Reference: Proverbs 31:19
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3601 Used 1 time
Used in spinning
Proverbs 31:19
SPIN'DLE, adjective [See Spin.]
1. The pin used in spinning wheels for twisting the thread, and on which the thread when twisted, is wound.
2. A slender pointed rod or pin on which any thing turn; as the spindle of a vane.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long slender stalk.
5. The lower end of a capstan, shod with iron; the pivot.
SPIN'DLE, verb intransitive To shoot or grow in a long slender stalk or body.
SPIN'DLE-LEGS, SPIN'DLE-SHANKS, noun A tall slender person; in contempt.
SPIN'DLE-SHANKED, adjective Having long slender legs.
SPIN'DLE-LEGS, SPIN'DLE-SHANKS, noun A tall slender person; in contempt.
SPIN'DLE-SHAPED, adjective Having the shape of a spindle; fusiform.
SPIN'DLE-TREE, noun A plant, prick-wood, of the genus Euonymus.