SPage 650
- English Word Spindled Definition of Spindle
- English Word Spindlelegs Definition A spindleshanks.
- English Word Spindleshanks Definition A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
- English Word Spindletail Definition The pintail duck.
- English Word Spindleworm Definition The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
- English Word Spindling Definition of Spindle
- English Word Spindling Definition Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.
- English Word Spine Definition A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
- English Word Spine Definition A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
- English Word Spine Definition One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
- English Word Spine Definition The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
- English Word Spine Definition Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
- English Word Spine-finned Definition Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
- English Word Spine-tailed Definition Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
- English Word Spineback Definition A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
- English Word Spinebill Definition Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.
- English Word Spined Definition Furnished with spines; spiny.
- English Word Spinel Definition Alt. of Spinelle
- English Word Spinel Definition Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
- English Word Spineless Definition Having no spine.