Definition of Spins

1. Noun. (plural of spin) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of spin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spins

1. spin [v] - See also: spin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spins

spinothalamic
spinothalamic cordotomy
spinothalamic tract
spinothalamic tractotomy
spinotransversarius
spinous layer
spinous process
spinous process of tibia
spinous spider crab
spinous spider crabs
spinout
spinouts
spinpolarization
spinpolarized
spins (current term)
spinster
spinsterdom
spinsterhood
spinsterhoods
spinsterish
spinsterishness
spinsterlike
spinsterly
spinsters
spinstership
spinstress
spinstresses
spinstry
spintext

Literary usage of Spins

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

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"... OF spins. " A mote dancing in a sunbeam—the sun has act—the mote is gone—whither ?—into a brother's eye, perchance. Well, if he be a true brother, ..."

2. Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion and Rest in by William Kingdon Clifford (1887)
"MOMENTUM OF spins ABOUT FIXED POINT. We now consider a rigid body rotating about a fixed point, and propose to calculate its moment of momentum in regard to ..."

3. The Normal Course in Reading: Alternate Second Reader : Progressive Readings by Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell (1890)
"... A top spins on a box he spin Tom the A top spins. The tops spin. Tom spins the tops. He spins the tops on a box. ..."

4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The name of "tent caterpillar" is, in fact, inappropriate for it, since it spins but little and never makes a tent. It is closely allied, however, ..."

5. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"... spins«H Two THOUSAND YEARS AGO. When a spindle was first used for spinning is unknown, but the spindle and distaff are mentioned in the earliest ..."

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