SPOOL

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work.

2.
v.

To wind on a spool or spools.


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