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A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.

A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n.

Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.

With a lisp; in a lisping manner.

To spin out; to finish.

To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. W. Cartwright.

Prevertebral.

Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.

Supraspinuos.

Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

To untwist, as something spun.

The water spider.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

bortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

A spine or prickly fin.

Having the fruit covered with spines.