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Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.

en of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.

One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

Same as Spinny. T. Hughes.

See Sweeny.

Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse. Holland.

Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

One who thins, or makes thinner.

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.

Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]

One who works in a tin mine.

Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.

Not filled with din.

Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] Milton.

The quality or state of being vain.

Prov. Eng.] -- Vin"newed*ness, n. [Obs.] Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were, vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. F. Beaumont.

The water spider.