Definition of Spinnings

1. Noun. (plural of spinning) ¹

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Definition of Spinnings

1. spinning [n] - See also: spinning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinnings

spinnies
spinniest
spinning
spinning disk nebuliser
spinning frame
spinning jennies
spinning jenny
spinning machine
spinning mule
spinning mules
spinning rod
spinning top
spinning tops
spinning wheel
spinning wheels
spinnings (current term)
spinny
spino-
spino-adductor reflex
spino-olivary tract
spinobulbar
spinocerebellar
spinocerebellar ataxia
spinocerebellar degeneration
spinocerebellar disorder
spinocerebellar tracts
spinocerebellum
spinocervicothalamic tract
spinochrome
spinochromes

Literary usage of Spinnings

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

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"The next operation is to form the he%ds, or head-spinnings, as they are termed : this is done by a spinning wheel. One piece of wire ia with rapidity wound ..."

2. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1900)
"The exact time at whicli this change took place could not be determined, and two spinnings were therefore rejected. During the remainder of the evening the ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"The greatest number of spinnings seemed to be from the cells near the polar globules, and this region of the egg, it will be remembered, was the first to ..."

4. A History of Van Buren County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its by Oran W. Rowland (1912)
"Olney and spinnings came the next spring, arriving in Hartford on the 14th day of March, ... spinnings lived with Olney. He died on the 2d day of May, 1841, ..."

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