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Definition of Spindled

1. spindle [v] - See also: spindle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spindled

Literary usage of Spindled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Windsor Handbook: Comprising Illustrations & Descriptions of Winsor by Wallace Nutting (1917)
"... Flat-spindled or One-piece Bow-and- "Sheraton" WINDSOR arm Comb-back Condition: Somewhat poor. Merit: Ordinary. Has the side back spindles extended ..."

2. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil (1852)
"The early spindled out quite early. A gentleman calling, noticing the corn, remarked: "Ah, your corn is spindled out," (sitting in his carriage six or eight ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"In its stead we find a finely striated tissue, evidently fibrous connective tissue, with a varying number of partly branched, spindled protoplasmic bodies. ..."

4. Aeroplane Structures by Alfred John Sutton Pippard, John Laurence (1919)
"By far the commonest form of spar is the timber one, usually spruce or an equally good wood, cut out of the solid and spindled to an I section for lightness ..."

5. The Great Libel Case: Geo. Opdyke Agt. Thurlow Weed. A Full Report of the (1865)
"A. I think I will compare them with our catalogue of prices; I find three four-spindled drill presses charged at $225, worth $150; one three- spindled drill ..."

6. The Great Libel Case: Geo. Opdyke Agt. Thurlow Weed. A Full Report of the (1865)
"... with our catalogue of prices; I find three four-spindled drill presses charged at $225, worth $150; one three- spindled drill press charged at $155, ..."

7. Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"6), the inner face of the bottom longeron is spindled out on its inner face with a curved cutter. At other points of this longeron farther towards the stern ..."

8. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"652—FLORENTINE WALNUT RUSH-BOTTOMED CHAIR Sixteenth Century Open back with shaped voluted and incised head rail, spindled horizontal splat, rash-bottomed ..."

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