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Yarnwindle

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windlenounAn old English measure of corn, half a bushel.
windernounA textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
spinning wheelnounA domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.
nostepinnenoun(textiles) A tool used to wind yarn into a ball for use in knitting, crocheting, or weaving.
windsternoun(historical) A person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
yarringlenoun(obsolete) A historic instrument for winding yarn, no longer used.
pirnnounA cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
swiftnounA small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
spinning-wheelnounDated form of spinning wheel. [A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.]
spinning framenouna machine that draws and twists fibres and then winds it onto spools or spindles
spoolernoun(computing) A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later).
crewelnounWorsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
spinnernounA device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
unwindernounA device that unwinds.
coil windernounA machine that winds wire into electromagnetic coils.
yarnmakernounA manufacturer of yarn.
yarnnoun(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
weaselnoun(informal, derogatory) A devious or sneaky person or animal.
spindlenoun(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
ring spinnernoun(textiles) A machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.

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