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rvæ. -- Spinning house, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. -- Spinning jenny (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. -- Spinning mite (Zoöl.), the red s…

yarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work.

nt but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. Fabyan.

ly with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project. And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon them perilously. Tennyson.

A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.

accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.

A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women who had been divorced from their husbands. Fairholt.

An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. Johnson.

A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women. Nausicaa With other virgins did at stoolball play. Chapman.

Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.

A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.

thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.

A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.

Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.

Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia. S. W. Williams.

A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women. This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. Bale (1543). The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. Macaulay.