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the original spinning machine, weaponized by fairy tales into a curse worth dodging.
means A slender rounded rod, often tapered at the ends, used to twist and wind thread when spinning fibers into yarn — and by extension any thin rotating axis around which something turns.
from From Old English 'spinel' or 'spindel,' built from the verb 'spinnan' (to spin) plus a diminutive ending — so quite literally 'the little spinning thing.' It belongs to a broad Germanic family, with relatives like German 'Spindel' and Dutch 'spil,' all rooted in the ancient act of drawing out and twisting fiber. The shape proved so useful that the name spread to anything spindle-thin or spindle-shaped, from machine axles to legs.
- sleeping beauty
- A spindle's prick triggered a hundred-year nap
- cellular role
- Spindle fibers yank chromosomes apart during cell division
- ancient tech
- Predates the wheel in textile history
- law of england
- Spinsters got their name from unmarried women who spun
- car part
- The spindle holds your wheel hub steady
spindle tree — euonymus europaeus, a shrub with winged seeds found across europe and western asia
spindle whorl — ceramic or stone disc used with ancient spindles for spinning thread, found in archaeological sites from 5000 bce onward
spindle fossil — spindle fossils like orthoceras, spiral-shelled cephalopods from the paleozoic era, 485-252 million years ago